Hidden Skype emoticons

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The hidden Skype emoticons (also known as “secret smileys”) are special emoticons that are supported by Skype, but are not shown on the palette of emoticons, and for this reason they can be sent only by means of special codes. Below you can see all the hidden Skype emoticons and secret codes for each of them (if you want a full list of emoticons, visit this page).

Shown 49 emoticons
Emoticon?	Description?	Code?
	Bald man with glasses gestures,glasses	`(tauri)` ↓ `(Tauri)(taur)(Taur)`
	Drunk vulgarities	`(drunk)` ↓ `(Drunk)`
	Finger gestures,vulgarities	`(finger)` ↓ `(Finger)`
	IAAF 2017 sport	`(iaaf2017)` ↓ `(Iaaf2017)`
	IAAF Jump sport	`(iaafjump)` ↓ `(Iaafjump)`
	IAAF Run sport	`(iaafrun)` ↓ `(Iaafrun)`
	IAAF Throw sport	`(iaafthrow)` ↓ `(Iaafthrow)`
	Mooning vulgarities,people,men	`(mooning)` ↓ `(Mooning)`
	Neil people,men	`(neil)` ↓ `(Neil)(feetontable)(Feetontable)`
	Oliver glasses,men	`(oliver)` ↓ `(Oliver)`
	On the loo people,men,vulgarities	`(ontheloo)` ↓ `(Ontheloo)(onloo)(Onloo)(nr2)(Nr2)(twittering)(Twittering)(verybusy)(Verybusy)`
	Peter people,men	`(peter)` ↓ `(Peter)(skill)(Skill)`
	Pile of poo vulgarities	`(poop)` ↓ `(Poop)(poo)(Poo)`
	Pool party people,men,vulgarities	`(hrv)` ↓ `(poolparty)(Poolparty)(Hrv)`
	Santa mooning new year,holidays,vulgarities,men	`(santamooning)` ↓ `(Santamooning)(mooningsanta)(Mooningsanta)`
	Sheep animals,vulgarities	`(sheep)` ↓ `(bah)(Sheep)(Bah)`
	Skype logos	`(ss)` ↓ `(skype)(Skype)(Ss)`
	Smoking vulgarities	`(ci)` ↓ `(smoke)(smoking)(Smoking)(Smoke)(Ci)`
	Tauri glasses,sadness,men	`(tauri)` ↓ `(Tauri)(taur)(Taur)`
	Teacher glasses	`(malthe)` ↓ `(Malthe)(mlt)(Mlt)`
	Teams logos	`(teams)`
	What the... exclamation,vulgarities	`(wtf)` ↓ `(Wtf)`
	Xmas man holidays,people,new year,men	`(xmasman1)` ↓ `(Xmasman1)`
	Xmas man holidays,people,new year,men	`(xmasman2)` ↓ `(Xmasman2)`
	Xmas man holidays,people,new year,men	`(xmasman3)` ↓ `(Xmasman3)`
	Xmas man holidays,people,new year,men	`(xmasman4)` ↓ `(Xmasman4)`
	Xmas man holidays,people,new year,men	`(xmasman5)` ↓ `(Xmasman5)`
	Xmas woman holidays,people,new year,women	`(xmaswoman1)` ↓ `(Xmaswoman1)`
	Xmas woman holidays,people,new year,women	`(xmaswoman2)` ↓ `(Xmaswoman2)`
	Xmas woman holidays,people,new year,women	`(xmaswoman3)` ↓ `(Xmaswoman3)`
	Xmas woman holidays,people,new year,women	`(xmaswoman4)` ↓ `(Xmaswoman4)`
	Xmas woman holidays,people,new year,women	`(xmaswoman5)` ↓ `(Xmaswoman5)`
	Yammer logos	`(yammer)`
	Access logos	`(access)` ↓ `(Access)`
	Bing logos	`(bing)` ↓ `(Bing)`
	Excel logos	`(excel)` ↓ `(Excel)`
	GroupMe logos	`(groupme)` ↓ `(Groupme)`
	Internet Explorer logos	`(ie)` ↓ `(IE)(internetexplorer)(Internetexplorer)(Ie)`
	Microsoft logos	`(ms)` ↓ `(MS)(microsoft)(Microsoft)(Ms)`
	OneDrive logos	`(onedrive)` ↓ `(Onedrive)`
	OneNote logos	`(onenote)` ↓ `(Onenote)`
	Outlook logos	`(outlook)` ↓ `(Outlook)`
	PowerPoint logos	`(powerpoint)` ↓ `(Powerpoint)`
	Publisher logos	`(publisher)` ↓ `(Publisher)`
	SharePoint logos	`(sharepoint)` ↓ `(Sharepoint)`
	Skype for Business logos	`(skypebiz)` ↓ `(Skypebiz)(sforb)(Sforb)`
	Windows 10 animals,logos	`(win10)` ↓ `(Win10)(ninjacat)(Ninjacat)(windows)(Windows)(trex)(Trex)(windows10)(Windows10)`
	Word logos	`(word)` ↓ `(Word)`
	Xbox logos	`(xbox)` ↓ `(Xbox)`

Collections of emoticons:

How to send hidden emoticons?

Find the smiley you need in the table above
Across from it, copy the text of the column “Code”
Send the copied code to your friend as an ordinary message
After you have sent the message, the code will be converted to an emoticon

Why are they called “hidden” and “secret”?

Due to the fact that the smileys are hidden from the user (i.e., they are not shown on the palette), they are called “hidden emoticons”. They are called “secret”, because many people don’t know about them. In order to send these emoticons, you need to use “secret” codes (sometimes in chat rooms users ask to share the secret of how to send them).

Why do the developers create hidden emoticons?

I think they do it to:

Please their colleagues, because originally many hidden emoticons depicted Skype employees.
Create “Easter eggs” which must be discovered by chance and pleasantly surprise users.
Conceal “obscene emoticons” from younger users and those who consider them offensive.
Reduce the number of displayed emoticons to show only the most popular items on the palette.

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layla (karma: +4), 8 march 2017 at 02:12 #

I am using Skype for Business 2016.
Why are the “hidden emoticons” code not working for me?

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  Administrator (karma: +1207), 8 march 2017 at 03:44 # ↑
  
  Hi! Do you mean that no one emoticon from this page do not work for you? Event this one: (skype)?
  
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drought (karma: +5), 29 june 2017 at 18:59 #

In skype web, the following emotes did not work:
(p) (!) (x) (z)

In skype desktop (the normal WIndows client, 7.36.*), the following emotes did not work:
(p) (!!) (pc) (qt) (gl) (run) (w8) (s+) (z) (jet) (hrv) (ss) (ci) (!) (um) (!!?) (x) (zilmer)

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Only the first "definition" for each emote was attempted. Was sent with `<ss type="${name}">(${name})</ss>`, forcing emote styling.

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  Administrator (karma: +1207), 30 june 2017 at 14:52 # ↑
  
  Hi! Thank you for your message. Tried on Skype 7.38.0.101 for Windows and got the same result as for Skype for Web]: (p) (!) (x) (z) aren’t shown. It seems developers removed these shortcuts and I should update them.
  
  I don’t know why some emoticons doesn’t work on your PC, but I recommend to install the latest version of Skype and send only one emoticon per message (or at least to be sure that there exists a space between emoticons codes).
  
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andrea (karma: +12), 31 january 2018 at 16:34 #

I 've installed the latest version of Skype and Nooooo! (PenguinKiss) is disappeared from the multiple choice .. and it can't appear even if I type (PenguinKiss)...

someone can help me please ?

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  Administrator (karma: +1207), 3 february 2018 at 15:46 # ↑
  
  Unfortunately, they deleted this emoticon from Skype. By the way, they added 10 new love emoticons.
  
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    andrea (karma: +12), 5 february 2018 at 15:41 # ↑
    
    But is it possible to create by myself ? I don't want to accept that they have deleted this emoticon...
    
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      Administrator (karma: +1207), 5 february 2018 at 16:18 # ↑
      
      As far I know, you cannot enable it on your side (at least it is not easy). But even if this is can done, your contacts will not see it. Try to contact Skype Support and ask them to revert it back.
      
      [Updated 7 feb 2018 at 10:37]
      Hello again! I created a bot for Skype that can show any emoticons (including deleted). You can share these emoticons with your friends, or add this bot to the group chats. More info please read here: https://emoticon.bot.skaip.org/. I would be grateful for any comments and suggestions.