While emojis are one of the easiest forms of communicating in a text format some youths are using the popular characters as codewords for various drugs.
KIIS FM radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O discussed the countless emojis being used amongst the younger generation on Thursday morning with the show's producer Tom revealing which ones had more sinister meanings behind them.
Tom said teenagers would often send texts to each other in just emojis so their parents wouldn't catch on to what they were actually talking about.
The secret meanings were first shared by American relationship expert, Dr Laura Berman who tragically lost her 16-year-old son to a drug overdose in February this year.