It clinched another impressive bronze in 2017 on Apple devices, again looking up to ? Face With Tears of Joy and ❤️ Red Heart on the podium. In 2015, ? Crying Face ranked as the third most used emoji on Twitter, outpaced by the uncatchable No. Since then, ? Loudly Crying Face has become one of the most popular emojis, far outstripping its blue brethren, including its neighbor on the Apple keyboard, ? Crying Face. It came into wide release under Unicode 6.0 in 2010. ? Loudly Crying Face is one of the originals, with roots in Japanese cellular carriers back in 1999.
The emoji is not to be confused with ? Face With Tears of Joy, though it frequently gets paired with it and is used for the same effect. Its tone is often meant to be hyperbolic. ? Loudly Crying Face conveys uncontrollable feelings and overwhelming sentiments, ranging from grief and disappointment to hilarity and joy. Our passions now excited, let’s lower the temperature with some cool-headed, deep-breathing emojiology of ? Loudly Crying Face. The official name is just one meaning which is one reason we love emojis ❤️- Emojipedia ? September 10, 2017 We here at Emojipedia couldn’t agree more and voiced as much in the great ? debate:Įmojis can have different uses for different people. One astute emoji enthusiast, noted that the appearance of ? Loudly Crying Face varies by platform and observed: “It’s all about actual usage not the generic names.” Others recoiled at the very thought, prescribing the emoji’s official name, Loudly Crying Face, as its one true meaning. Some crowed agreement that ? is downright inappropriate for condolences, as it howls with laughter-not tears. Looks messed up.- Jasmyn Lawson September 9, 2017
Social media manager Jasmyn Lawson ignited a Twitter debate last year when she proposed some guidelines for crying emojis: We use emojis to help us express emotions, but sometimes it’s the emojis themselves that bring them on.