The clapping hands emoji: When used repetitively in a row, it signifies applause, but as any social media user by now understands, that is not the emoji's primary placement in the world of Twitter.

Use of the praying hands emoji went up 50 percent, and use of the clapping hands went up 10 percent. On Tuesday, the social networking company sent out a post asking, “Who do we see people ...

One of the most ubiquitous trends to come out of Black Twitter is the use of the clap emoji for impact ... someone—metaphorically clapping your hands as you speak, not metaphorically shooting ...

or a clapping-hands emoji just isn’t enough to accurately express how you feel. Sometimes, you need to say it with a GIF. Now you use your standard arsenal of animated images on Tinder ...

Buzzfeed speculates that we could see more diverse emoji when version 8.0 is released in 2015. To which we say: *CLAPPING HANDS emoji here* *PARTY POOPER emoji here* ...