It is one of the most popular emojis on the internet, but Gen Z users have declared the 'crying with laughter' face 'dead'.
Over recent weeks Gen Z users (born post-1996) have taken to Twitter and TikTok to declare they 'don't use' the crying with laughter face because it's for 'millennials' (born between 1981 and 1996) or 'parents'.
In a recent blog post, Emojipedia, an authority on the use of emojis online, explained: 'It's common wisdom on TikTok that the laughing crying emoji is for "boomers". And by "boomers", I mean anyone over the age of 35.'
Instead Gen Z favour the 'skull' or 'coffin' symbol to express their amusement. The reasoning being that the joke or situation is so funny it's caused them to 'die' of laughter.