Sometimes you’re trying to keep your eyes wide to fight back the tears while laughing wildly. It can look crazy—a little pieced together, after all—but there’s an emoji to convey the feeling.

Seventeen-year-old Xavier Martin called the "laugh cry" emoji "bland" and said "not too many people" his age use it. Stacy Thiru, 21, prefers the real crying emoji because it shows a more extreme ...

The “cry laughing” emoji has been my nemesis for as long as I can remember. Officially titled Face with Tears of Joy, it’s been tainted by years of misuse and overuse.