A similar emoji, called "Rolling on the Floor Laughing," is also no longer in vogue. When asked about that emoji over a video call, Thiru visibly grimaced. "I don't like that one," she said.

Seventeen-year-old Xavier Martin called the "laugh cry" emoji "bland" and said "not too many people" his age use it. Stacy Thiru, 21, prefers the real crying emoji because it shows a more extreme ...