A parent's guide to decoding emoji

Millennials can be a bit of a mystery at the best of times. Continuously glued to their devices, always wearing headphones, and now they’ve got their very own coded language…and they don’t just use it to communicate to each other…they insist on putting together a mix of symbols to try and convey meaning to the rest of us mere mortals.

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Now before we continue I should warn you, for those who get hot under the collar when it comes to using incorrect grammar or text speak, it’s best you look away now, because things are about to worse, much worse.

Emoji have moved way beyond simply using a smiley face to convey happiness or approval, they’re now being used together to communicate phrases and sentences, whether it’s via text or social media.

So without further ado, lets have a look at cracking this enigma, starting with: