❓ What it means
The 🤣 emoji is the ultimate digital signal of finding something hilarious.
It shows a yellow face tilted at an angle with tears streaming from its eyes, a wide, open mouth, and a big grin.
It’s a more dramatic and exaggerated version of the classic 😂 “Face With Tears of Joy” emoji, used when you want to show that something has made you laugh to the point of literally falling over.
🎯 When to use it
- To react to a hilarious text, meme, or video:
"I can't believe this meme 🤣" - When a friend tells a funny story or sends a comical photo:
"No way! 🤣" - To show a situation is so funny you’re crying with laughter:
"I'm literally in stitches 🤣" - For moments of pure, unbridled amusement in a text or on social media:
"You are hilarious 🤣"
🔗 Related Emojis
😂Face with Tears of Joy: The classic laughing emoji, slightly less exaggerated than the “Rolling on the Floor Laughing” emoji.😭Loudly Crying Face: Can sometimes be used humorously to express laughing so hard you’re “crying tears of joy.”😆Grinning Squinting Face: Represents laughing so hard your eyes are squeezed shut.😹Cat with Tears of Joy: The feline version of the “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji.
🤓 Fun Fact
The 🤣 “Rolling on the Floor Laughing” emoji was officially added to Unicode in 2016.
It quickly gained popularity as a way to express a more intense form of laughter than the long-standing 😂 emoji, which had been the primary laughing icon for years.
Its widespread adoption highlights the need for more nuanced emotional expression in digital communication.