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This Is What You Really Mean When You Send Emoji To Your Friends
by Emily Arata
An emoji is never just an emoji.
Ever since texting became the new talking, emoji have turned into the only way you can add connotation to what you're saying.
Asking your mom for money? Throw in a stack of dollar bills with wings so she'll hopefully stick a hundred-dollar bill in the mail.
Then, there's another class of emoji entirely. The kind used in a completely different way in which they're intended.
Case in point: If your girlfriend sends you the “girl with arms crossed” emoji, you know you've f*cked up in some major way.
Learn to read these key emoji like Rosetta Stone and you'll be ready to party.
Dancer: I'm turning up, and you can't stop me.
Extraterrestrial Alien: I'm too high for this party.
Waving Hand Sign: I just finished reading "50 Shades."
Information Desk Person: This a hair flip.
Squared Cool: This is the dumbest shit I've ever heard.
See No Evil Monkey: What did I do last night?
Hear No Evil Monkey: Please stop telling me about your boyfriend.
Women With Bunny Ears: We're heading to a gay bar.
Nail Polish: Let me serve you some information, here.
Smirking Face: Consider this your booty call.
