Emojion๐ clapping hands
Meaning
Originally for applause and appreciation, this emoji has taken on a life of its own online โ used for sarcastic slow claps and word-by-word emphasis. The same ๐๐๐ can mean genuine praise or total mockery depending on context.
Keywords: applause, approval, awesome, clap, congrats, congratulations, excited, good, great, hand, homie, job, nice, prayed, well, yay
This emoji supports skin tone variations.
How it's used around the world
ChinaIn China, ๐ can function as slang for sex due to its phonetic resemblance to ๅชๅชๅช (pฤ pฤ pฤ), an onomatopoeia for the act.
๐ก Did you know?
The word-๐-by-๐-word style grew out of Black Twitter culture around 2014โ2015 and went mainstream after Complex highlighted it in July 2015 as a staple of "Rap Twitter."
๐ก Did you know?
Three ๐๐๐ in a row can be heartfelt praise OR a withering sarcastic slow clap for something embarrassing. Without context, it's genuinely impossible to tell which one the sender meant.
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