To ask what people think this emoji indicates?

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😊

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?

😅 what does this one mean? Is it sweaty? Why is the ‘teardrop’ by the forehead? I think I’m too old for emojis

😂🤣 and what about these two? Laughing and crying? Why are there two?
😭 and lastly, yes, this one, is it happy crying? Sad crying? What variety of crying? It’s all too confusing!

🤣 rolling around laughing and crying?
😭 balling my eyes out (sarcastic)

Either smug or pleased depending on the context

🤨 to my son to indicate I know he’s telling me a porkie

I don't understand most of them - I wish it would explain what they were if you hovered over them

It means embarrassed doesn't it?

I don't get this.... why? It's not an emotion is it?

I am always looking for this one away from MN. I can't find one which conveys the same surprised face anywhere.

and this?

I like but in some conversations it reads like a teenage queen bee girl who's been paired with you in a chemistry lesson and is NOT HAPPY about it. Then it makes me want to punch whoever's used it.

@DaftCat 😅 = phew!

😱 =

The teardrop also comes from manga and is supposed to be a giant bead of sweat to indicate the person is sweating - so anxiety/nerves.

I think the sideways crying with laughter one is part of a later release and is meant to indicate ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing. Because later releases tried to incorporate more commonly found Western emoticons.

Here's the full list of the original set which was intended only for Japanese audiences. Anything added later is likely to be Westernised which adds a layer of confusion.

emojipedia.org/unicode-6.0/

🙂 this is the one that annoys me the most

🤣 is ROFL (rolling on floor laughing), surely?

#oldskool

🙏🏻 This gives me rage......it’s for thank you apparently but I hate it.

If anyone wants to know what an emoji is on an Apple phone (there have been many that I've had no idea what they are)

Add those emojis to your name in your address book, then ask siri to call you.

He will say the full name and a description of each emoji

💩 = smiling pile of poo
🤓 = smiling geek wearing horn rimmed glasses with buck teeth

Thank you!! 😃😃😃

You dontne d to faff abiut with addingthem to your phone book - switch on “speak selection” in Settings/accessibility and then you can just highlight them and choose speak.

Out of all the emojis, the android ones, the WhatsApp ones, the Facebook sticker ones, the mumsnet ones, this is still my favourite:

It puts so much across! And there isn't an equivalent anywhere else!

Tbh though, I'm all about a GIF these days...

@SoupDragon that's a revelation! Thanks 😗

• makes most of adding emojis that people question the meaning of

I glad it was a revelation given the horrendous typos!

Annoys me even though I use it too because of the way it's used (of which I am also guilty of).

For instance:

"I go to bed at 7pm"

"You go to bed at 7pm?"

Where's the confusion?

thehairbod I love beautifully written prose but you can’t beat a good gif!

😊 genuine happy smile still prefer the mumsnet one
🤤 I never knew it was asleep. I use it in jest that my brain is seeping out
😳 I love this one more than 😱. I think the first is if something says something about my behaviour (jokes obvs)