Happy World Emoji Day! 🎉

It’s World Emoji Day—and if that doesn’t call for celebration, we don’t know what does. Inspired by the iOS Calendar Emoji (📅) that famously depicts July 17, the pseudo holiday is sure to be a hit across social media.

To get in the World Emoji Day spirit, we asked Team Moncur to share their favorite emojis. You can see their enlightening responses below:

🙌

My favorite emoji is the double high-five. It’s just better than thumbs-up or OK.

— Chris Vermeren, Senior Programmer

🙈

My favorite and most often used emoji is the see no evil monkey. I use him as an ‘oh no!’ or a ‘whoops-I-messed-up-but-I’m-adorable-and-you-still-love-me’ response to text messages.

— Beth Smith, Copywriter

:-)

The simply smile is still the best. It is straight to the point. Too many emojis leave me wondering what is that person trying to say.

— Clay Carpenter, Senior Designer

😏

The smirk face emoji is my favorite emoji because I make that face a lot… like on a daily basis. When I send it to my friends it is mainly like “yeah I am down for that!”

— Kristen Young, Social Media and Digital Marketing Intern

😍

Whether a coworker sends me the world’s cutest puppy video, or my husband texts me that my 15-bottle case of wine arrived in the mail, the heart eye emoji is my go-to response. It says “love beyond words”... but not in the ooey gooey sense.

— Megan Zale, Senior Copywriter

👌

My favorite emoji is the “ok” emoji. This replaces the dismissive “k.” text, with a friendly hand gesture.

— Christina Oswald, Digital Marketing Analyst

✌️

My favorite emoji? It’s the peace sign. Why? It’s a great way to end a conversation.

— Audrey Small, Designer

😐

A severely underrated reaction face. Ridiculous work request? A friend sent you a disgusting YouTube video? The neutral face always gets a solid “lol” out of the other person.

— Jamie Delaney, Senior Copywriter

😬

This emoji can have so many different uses. Tentative acquiescence (yeah, I totally want to do that ridiculous task for you)… non-offensive disagreement (eek, we’re not coming to an agreement, but this will have to do)… the list goes on.

— Kim Oermann, Creative Director

Next, we thought it would be fun to do a group analysis of some of the most ambiguous and/or weird emojis out there. Here are some of our favorite responses:

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