In general terms, emoji development dates back to the late 1990s in Japan. The Oxford Dictionary recognised the emoji as its Word of the Year in 2015 due to its common usage. The emoji is one of the most commonly used emojis in the Emoticons Unicode block. The emoji is used in communication to portray joking and teasing on messaging platforms including Apple's iMessage and Meta's WhatsApp, as well as social media websites such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. It is also known as Tears of Joy emoji, lol emoji, joy emoji, laughing emoji, cry-laugh emoji, crying laughing emoji, or the laughing crying emoji.

Since the emoji has evolved from numerous different designs pre-unicode, it has different names and meanings in different regions and cultures. While it is broadly referred to as an emoji, since it is used to demonstrate emotion, it is also referred to as an emoticon.

Emoji featuring a jovial face laughing, while also crying out tears Appearance on Twemoji, used on Twitter, Discord, Roblox, the Nintendo Switch, and moreįace with Tears of Joy (😂) is an emoji that represents a crying with laughter facial expression.

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