what's your five favorite emojis?
oh my goddddddddddddd you don't know what you've gotten yourself into by asking me this question /silly
I'm gonna limit this to "emoji(s) anyone with a modern electronic communication device can realistically use" so not custom emoji on Discord or Slack. that would make my answer 10 times as long. I have written a multiple thousand word research proposal on this.
I am also restraining myself from thinking too hard about whether "favourite" means "most linguistically productive for me" or "ones I think look the coolest"
So I have a Linguistics degree and I won a national prize a few years ago for my research on the nuances of the ✨ emoji. That one is my favourite of all time. I could talk about it forever.
That piece of research also involved the 💫 emoji. I also love that one a completely normal amount. (physically restraining myself from saying more)
Third fave I thiiink is either 🥰, 😊, or, ☺️ (physically restraining myself from saying more)
Fourth fave,,,,,,,,,,, I think 🌙? have gotten really into all the moon emoji more recently because my best friend is very abnormal about moon imagery and whenever I see the moon I'm like "waow nice Uny reference"
Fifth fave I think I've gotta say 🫂
anyone reading this, lmk if you want the expanded edition of my answer!!!! 👀👀👀✨✨✨ below are my most used "default"/"regular" emojis