All of which is to say: The 3,000-year-old tilde might want to consider rebranding itself as Invisible Man With Twirled Mustache. I t’s easy to dismiss emoji. They are, at first glance, ridiculous.

This face, like the others with their tongue sticking out can be used to express feeling silly or playful. Use. The squinting eyes give it the impression of hilarity or happiness, like it is laughing.

The tongue out emoji. The tongue out emoji was once used to represent a playful and cheeky joke among friends. Now, Gen-Zers have added a double meaning to the once innocent emoji.