In the same way emoji have been used to convey complex moods or emotions, a meme can impart a complex idea, state of mind, or shared understanding far quicker than typing out and reading a written ...

It’s unclear exactly when the emoji started being used as a meme, but it first appeared on social media with a 2023 tweet from @pastor.flacc. Pairing the emoji with captions such as “when the ...

The emoji, of course, catapulted into memedom ... “I never really thought it would become a real meme. Obviously the idea of a tattoo of an animated bird was just a joke at the time, but since ...

If the audio says “Frog!” you’re not getting an idea of sentiment. Surely there is a way to understand that this is an emoji and reference that back to a meme or explain the secondary meaning.

and the meme has now evolved (or devolved, depending on how you want to look at it) into people simply using a handshake emoji to connect similar ideas, albeit with a bit snarkier flex.