The seemingly random emoji next to your friends' names on Snapchat actually aren't random at all — they're Snapchat's way of helping you keep track of your relationships.

Most of the confusion in understanding seems to arise with the face emoji, which makes sense; even in real life, one person’s joyful smile is another person’s sarcastic smirk.

emoji is the least popular endangered emoji in most cities in the U.S. analyzed, ranking as the least popular emoji in 40 of the 56 cities. The smirking face emoji is also seeing a decline in ...

Smirking face emoji: This means that the user doesn't send many snaps to this friend, but they send a lot of snaps to them. Smiling face emoji: A second "best friend" that the user send snaps to ...

A new emoji with an uneven face and rosy cheeks is driving the internet wild. One eye is open, one eyebrow is slightly furrowed, and the mouth is doing something pretty inexplicable.