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Back in the heady pre-Covid days of 2015, Oxford Dictionaries picked the “face with tears of joy” as its word of the year. It makes sense, when you think about it, that the laugh-cry emoji has ...

But now it’s not just about seeming over-keen (kissy heart face, anyone ... The once-condemned laughing-crying emoji has had a resurgence as an ironic response. Prayer hands are rarely ...