Like - Emoji Vagueness

An essential element to modern texting is how you use emojis and there are truly an endless number of ways. It’s possible to take cues from those you text with or follow on Twitter/Instagram to learn “best practices” so to speak. But the real fun of emojis is how you interpret and share them on their own because every emoji has a discrete meaning assigned to it. However, as with so many linguistic phenomena, there is real slippage between the intended and interpreted meaning of the emoji. For instance, what do you think the emoji up top represents? You’re not alone if you don’t know. Well, it’s the woozy emoji. Now, when I think of what it means to feel woozy I think about being sea sick or having had a few too many to drink. But to me, that emoji is the shlocky face of self-satisfaction in the sense of “who, meeee?” *bats eyes tenderly* And I don’t think I’m wrong. Yet, maybe there is a woozy sensibility to that variety of skullduggery. But I’ve also seen my friends use it in the context of the morning after eating way too much taco bell too late at night. And knowing them, they feel less woozy on the toilet than they do mischievous for committing a cardinal binge eating sin. But the best part is that I think we’re all right. And that’s fun because when does that happen anymore.