The clapping hands emoji: When used repetitively in a row, it signifies applause, but as any social media user by now understands, that is not the emoji's primary placement in the world of Twitter.

Clapping hand emojis have entered the Pumpkin Spice Latte Danger Zone: basic, banal and stripped of their Blackness. Everyone from culture vultures (see: Khloé Kardashian) to keyboard cowboys ...

It’s official. I am deeply uncool and past it. Gen Z have pretty much told me, based on my emoji use. Those little symbols we use on our phones for shorthand, or simply because they say so much more ...