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185 replies

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 25/01/2018 10:11

😊

That?

I have to tell you that EVERY time I see it I get irritated.

Smug...little smug face with it's "cute" blushing cheeks.

I want to drop kick it.

What do you think it conveys when you use it if you do?

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WonderLime · 25/01/2018 10:51

🙃 - I’ve completely lost the plot

ElphabaTheGreen · 25/01/2018 10:51

This emoji makes me want to hurt people, because it's SO OVER-FUCKING-USED:

😂

I get messages like this on a WhatsApp group I'm on with other school parents:

'Jacob left his socks at school! 😂😂😂'

Really? Are you stoned?

Nikephorus · 25/01/2018 10:52

I thought it was slightly embarrassed
Ditto. I thought it was bad enough trying to decipher peoples' facial expressions; now I find I'm even getting emojis wrong too (insert whatever emoji you think expresses a combination of frustrated, disappointed and resigned to another social fuck-up)

Viviennemary · 25/01/2018 10:53

A happy person that has been sitting beside a warm fire.

blatblatblat · 25/01/2018 10:54

🤷♀ is the one that I hate. Wtf does it mean other than "don't ask me, I'm just a stupid woman"? And yet it seems so popular on here..

ForFuckSakeSusan · 25/01/2018 10:55

@blatblatblat sometimes I’d use that to mean “not a clue!” But most of the time it’s a “but what the fuck do I know” kind of thing!

BeyondWitchbitchterf · 25/01/2018 10:56

I prefer 🙂 for a smile rather than ☺️😊😌 or whatever
Looks more like the old : ) to me (or :) )

lottiegarbanzo · 25/01/2018 10:58

The one people are saying is meant to be 'smug' looks 'asleep' to me.

ShangriLaLaLa · 25/01/2018 10:59

When I’m ridiculously happy and carefree I use 😎 Is this wrong?

I too endured the emoji movie, so I should know!

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 25/01/2018 11:01

I use it a lot with my DC-

I thought it was sweet smile but not with an embarrassing kiss

I'm surprised they haven't pulled me up if they think it means smug?

And medicinal I use that one as sort of a grimace as well

LadyGlitterSparkl · 25/01/2018 11:03

Siri says 😊 = "smiling face with squinting eyes"
☺️ = "smiling face"

BeyondWitchbitchterf · 25/01/2018 11:05

:) - 🙂
:( - 🙁 or 😢
Grin - 😄 or (sorry mn!) 😂
Shock - 😮😨😱
Envy - 😍?
Hmm - 😕🤨🧐🤔
Blush - ?
Confused - ? (This is the one I miss most)
Wink - 😉😋
Biscuit - 🍪
Wine - 🍷
Cake - 🍰
Brew - ☕️
Flowers - 💐
Football - ⚽️
Star - ⭐️
Gin - 🍸
Glitterball - 💃🕺
Bear - 🐻

ArbitraryName · 25/01/2018 11:06

Surely this is the ‘I’m crazy, me’ smiley: 🤪

Outfoxed · 25/01/2018 11:09

🙂 is definitely passive aggressive. It’s the emoji equivalent of “I said I’m fine.”

QueenThisTime · 25/01/2018 11:09

I really don't like the official emojis, especially the faces (flowers and hearts are OK).

The mumsnet emojis (and some on other forums) actually give off a sense of an emotion. Happy looks happy, angry looks angry, sad looks sad etc. But the phone emojis are weirdly emotion-less and don't make me feel anything IYSWIM. I really can't relate to them and I can never find one that really expresses what I want, so in texts I end up just doing the ones made up of characters.

SockUnicorn · 25/01/2018 11:10

like a proud smile i would say. as another op said, if someone thanks you. like an "im embarassed, gee thanks" kind of smile.

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 25/01/2018 11:16

I often want to use Hmm or Confused in texts but phone emojis just aren't as expressive as mn ones.

Scribblegirl · 25/01/2018 11:16

I get very annoyed that the MN Hmm isn't available on my phone sometimes - there are points when it would be very useful...

I don't think the one you've posted next to it is equivalent, Beyond. The MN one looks disbelieving, skeptical and sarcastic whereas the phone one looks a bit sad and dejected.

Scribblegirl · 25/01/2018 11:16

Ha, cross post Iwanna!

HolgerDanske · 25/01/2018 11:20

Yes the sceptical emoji is my most favourite one - so, so useful -and many many times I want to use it outside of MN and I can’t!

OwtFerNowt · 25/01/2018 11:21

🤯 always looks like it’s wearing a shower cap to me. And is fairly distraught about it. Maybe it’s been interrupted in the shower and then through a series of unfortunate events has been locked out of the house.

It took me ages to see that it is actually ‘mind blown’...

ZaZathecat · 25/01/2018 11:23

Oh God I hate Hmm! To me it says 'I'm so clever and you're so stupid, poor you!'

DontCallMeBaby · 25/01/2018 11:24

I’ll still resort to a proper old school :S if Confused isn’t available.

Emojis pip MN smileys by having 🤢 so you don’t have to use Envy (not envy). But MN doesn’t have 🧐 high I love but don’t use as much as I’d like, as I am rarely confused AND posh.

whiskyowl · 25/01/2018 11:25

Can someone tell me how to do the new emojis on a keyboard, not a phone?

caoraich · 25/01/2018 11:26

What silvousplaitmerci said

I prefer the MN emojis in general though. I was fecking delighted when Hmm appeared in Whatsapp!