Gmail Chat Secret Emoticons

We all know the regular Gmail Chat Emoticons, however, there are a few others you can use if you want to impress your friends.

These undocumented Gmail smileys/emoticons only work in the new version of Gmail and can be disabled in the chat section from the settings (note the cool permalink).



You can make: a diabolic creature }:-), a crab V.v.V, a wince>.<, a broken heart </3, a kiss :-x and a mustache :{.

Some other smileys still: :(:) is a pig, :(|) is a monkey, and :* is equivalent to :-x, (thanks BunnyHelper713)


We now have a bell, thanks to a tip from "someone." Just enter:  +/'\

Also, just noticed that the \m/ shows a radio icon on one of the emoticon themes.

And don't forget all smileys/emoticons change according to what "theme" you choose on Gmail's Chat - even these "secret" ones.

Secret ones keep popping up, just received a tip for a robot (android?) one. Just type [:|] and you'll get this:

... and last but not least: the elusive poop icon in Gmail chat has been discovered! (thanks to a tip from an anonymous reader.)
You can "poop" on you Gmail chats by entering:  ~@~

Also, in case you didn't know yet :

• surrounding a text with * turns it *bold* (as reminded by Cameron)
• surrounding a text with _ turns it into _italics_ (Thanks to Raoul)
• surrounding a text with - turns it into strikethrough
  

(you can combine them to write bold italic, for example: _*bolditalic*_ )


P.S. Gmail has officially introduced smileys in Gmail (and added few more to their gmail chat.).
P.S.2. Now you can enable even more "secret emoticons" in Gmail in the Labs section.


Update: learn how to type alt-code symbols ☺☻♥
Also: there's a new post showcasing all the iPhone and iPad emoji symbols.
And: the pile of poo is now a standard unicode character.