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Back in the heady pre-Covid days of 2015, Oxford Dictionaries picked the “face with tears of joy” as its word of the year. It makes sense, when you think about it, that the laugh-cry emoji has ...

awkward (monkey covering mouth) or cocky (ban the eggplant emoji forever), it’s about not taking yourself too seriously. The once-condemned laughing-crying emoji has had a resurgence as an ...

As Gen Z favors skull and crying emojis over the traditional laughing emoji, content creators highlight their unique approach to humor. If you’re still using the ‘laughing’ emoji ...