QUICK ANSWER. The skull emoji 💀 typically symbolizes extreme emotions, such as dying of laughter or exhaustion, expressing awkwardness or embarrassment, in a hyperbolic and playful manner.

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day.

The skull emoji, too, is already becoming overused. In the sentence I just wrote a Washington Post op-ed on Gen Z slang 💀, I’m not using the emoji to cue laughter, as I once might have.

Bad news for people who frequently use the 😂 emoji: It is no longer cool. In recent weeks, two internet-savvy generations have been clashing in videos and comments on TikTok over the hallmarks ...

Mr. Broni pointed out how both the skull emoji and the chair emoji have been used to connote laughter. (The skull emoji means, “I’m dead,” while the chair emoji was a TikTok in-joke.) ...

The skull emoji is often used in text to humorously convey the phrase ‘I’m dead’ to describe if users find something hilarious, but it can also mean the feeling of tiredness.

The list includes the popular laughing crying emoji "I stopped using it a while back because I saw older people using it, like my mom," a 21-year-old told CNN. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County ...

The emoji research also revealed some glaring regional differences between which icons people use most. The U.S. is the only nation with the Skull emoji in the top 10.

So, if a 20-something employee sends you a skull emoji — fear not! Chances are they think you’re funny. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.