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i'd buy that argument more if there were some official dictionary of emoji meanings -- but aside from their actual :tag: name, there isn't.

Has no one else encountered older siblings/parents/grandparents misusing emojis accidentally just for the sake of keeping up on the social treadmill?

I sure as hell have.

It's a common enough thing that there is an 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' episode that partially revolves around the misinterpretation of emoji meanings.[1]

[1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6362508/

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