And now – another emoji use is on the chopping block ... for ‘encapsulating both the popular slang phrase ‘I’m dying laughing’ as well as their more stereotypical ironic, sardonic ...

It makes sense, when you think about it, that the laugh-cry emoji has died a sad little death ... the natural linguistic evolution of “I’m dying of laughter,” too, I really do.

In the runaway hit drama Adolescence, lead detective DI Bascombe gets a lesson on emojis from his son that left viewers stunned.