Emoticon Guidelines

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😂 Laughing Face: Laughter, intense laughter. To: something funny and pleasing.

😘 Blowing a Kiss: Feelings of love or affection more generally.

👍 Thumbs-up: A general sense of agreement, approval.

😨 Fearful Face: Amazement, shock, sadness or fear.

👋 Waving Hand: A greeting or a sense of closure (e.g. "We are not friends anymore").

😍 Hearty Eyes: Love or affection, infatuation, adoration, strong approval.

😡 Angry Red Face: Intense anger, hate or rage.

🥳 Partying Face: Joy, enjoyment, celebration.

😳 Flushed Face: Embarrassment, flattery, surprise, disbelief or great admiration.

🙄 Face with Rolling Eyes: Slight disdain, disapproval, moderate frustration or boredom.

😎 Sunglasses: Confidence, a general sense of "being cool". Unrelated to actually having sunglasses.

👎 Thumbs-down: Disagreement, dislike, disapproval.

😭 Loudly Crying Face: Great grief, sadness. More rarely, a sense of overwhelming and uncontainable joy.

🥺 Pleading Face: Begging, adoration. Also a reaction to something cute or a loving gesture.

😐 Flat Expression: Neutral sentiment or moderate irritation, underwhelming bewilderment, mild concern.

🤦 Facepalm: Shame, deep disappointment, frustration because of something stupid, senseless, or obviously wrong.

🤷 Shrug: Lack of knowledge, care or interest in a topic or situation.

😏 Smirking Face: Being suggestive, conveying flirtation or a tacit innuendo.

🤔 Thinking Face: Deep thought, puzzlement, indecisiveness, evaluation.

😒 Unamused Face: Irritation, displeasure, grumpiness, skepticism, reluctant acceptance.

💩 Pile of Poo: Actual feces, a general sense of silliness or passive aggression.

🤯 Exploding Head: Shock, amazement, disbelief or great surprise.

👏 Clapping Hands: Applause or admiration, recognition, respect.

😱 Screaming in Fear: Fright, shock but also great excitement or awe.

😅 Grinning Sweaty Face: Discomfort, nerves or relief after a tense situation.

🤝 Handshake: Cordial greeting, agreement or sealing a deal.

😞 Disappointed Face: Disappointment, grief, sadness, remorse or regret.

👌 OK Hand: Agreement, approval.

💋 Kiss Mark: A more seductive expression of love or affection.

☝️ Index Pointing Up: Either the number 1 or requesting permission to ask a question.

😈 Smiling Devil: Mischief, evil intents or playful devilish behavior.

🧐 Face with Monocle: Consideration, inspection, elitism, evaluation, skeptically questioning.

🤣 ROFL: Hysterical, uncontainable, exaggerated laughter.

😢 Crying Face: Moderate sadness, pain, remorse or regret.

🥶 Cold Face: Being cold either literally or figuratively (e.g. unfriendly, stern).

🤬 Swearing Face: Extreme anger, frustration, uncontrollable rage.

🤢 Nauseated Face: Physical illness, disgust or extreme disapproval.

😴 Sleeping Face: Sleepiness, being asleep or extremely bored and uninterested.

🤭 Hand Over Mouth: Shock, surprise or slight embarrassment.

💪 Flexed Biceps: Strength, working out, perseverance, support or belief in someone.

Fragments must be expressive, unmistakable. The emotion has to be conveyed very clearly.

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Emoji: 😢

Expressive, clearly conveys great sadness without needing actual falling tears.

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Emoji: 😡

Inexpressive, resting neutral expression.

Emoji: 😱

Unclear, is he trying to sit down?

Fragments must express a single emotion, not a more complex action or state of mind that possibly includes the chosen emoji.

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Emoji: 😯

The emotion evolves in two stages, but it's the same underlying feeling.

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Emoji: 😘

A kiss, but not quite a kiss. The emotion behind the fragment is a lot more complex and can’t be reduced to 😘.

Emoji: 😞

Not mere sadness. “Resignation in the face of unfavorable odds”? “Alright, whatever”? The emotion behind the fragment is a lot more complex and can’t be reduced to 😞.

Fragments must actually show the correct emotion.

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Emoji: 😡

Clearly angry, unmistakable.

Emoji: 😨

Clearly afraid, unmistakable.

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Emoji: 😨

Looks like indifference, not fear.

Emoji: 😱

Expresses anger, not shock or surprise.

Fragments should be an example of a great suggestion you'd get when typing the given emoji as input — showing the same literal action isn't enough.

Good Example 👇👇👇

Emoji: 🤦

This reaction is relevant, it's a response to someone being naïve or unreasonable.

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