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ConnectEmoji · Ages 10-30 · In use

😭

Usually means laughing so hard you're crying, or being overwhelmed in a good way. Not usually sadness.

He fell off the chair 😭😭

For parents and educators

Read the words around it. Words like STOP or NOT YOU mean laughter.

Where it came from

Took over from the tears-of-joy emoji in the early 2020s.

Also heard as

loudly crying face

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