Very Funny Emoticons

You are now a constant face (or hand?) at the online chat rooms and the discussion boards. Your posts are in every thread on your favorite forums and you have so many friends on your chat list you can hardly keep up with all the PMs. But you have one problem, nevertheless. Your posts and chats are dry because the only emoticons you know are :) (smile), :)) (laugh), etc.

But you keep seeing "hot cups of coffee", "fresh flowers" "national flags" and even weird facial expressions in others’ posts.

As a result, you went thinking. But helpful ideas kept hiding. "No need to worry, Craig is here." I used to be like that when I started visiting the Yahoo and MSN chat rooms. I guess you are in the same shoes. So, let’s see what the way out is like.

First, you need to master the basic emoticons used for emotions like *smile*, *laugh* *wink*, etc. Once you get used to these, you are ready for bigger, more sophisticated and funnier emoticons.

Secondly, what are the different classes of funny emoticons available? Here are a few of them.

Holiday Emoticons: These are funny emoticons that draw their source from holiday themes. They include smileys that depict heads wearing vacation hats, etc.

Love Emoticons: These are emoticons expressing love.

Kiss Emoticons: You should know what these ones are.

Laugh Emoticons: Want to laugh other than just the "ha ha ha"? Be creative and use one of the many laugh smileys available.

Mood Emoticons: Are you angry, green with envy, etc?

There are other types of funny emoticons, but these ones are some of the most common. Make yourself acquainted with them and you will be on your way to enjoying your chat room sessions.

So, where can you get very funny emoticons online?

There are a number of ways you can get those very funny smileys.

The Search Engines: You can do a search for "very funny emoticons", "funny emoticons" and such search terms on Yahoo, Google, MSN or any of the top search engines online and you will get results of sites that offer funny emoticons, most times for free.

The Forums and Chat Rooms: The discussion boards and chat rooms that you frequent are a prime source of emoticons that are quite funny. What you should do is to watch out for those members that often use those emoticons you like and ask them to guide you to where they got them. A lot of times, if you have established good rapport with them, they will let you in on the source of their funny emoticons.

But don’t forget to use those emoticons and smileys during your chat sessions and your forum posts. If you don’t, you are bound to forget them.