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Courts grapple with how to interpret emojis | Learn English expression 'figure that'
23 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2023 at 5:00 pm.
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Court cases often hinge on what words mean. But what happens when a dispute involves an emoji? To decide cases or rule on motions, judges often have to decide what a 👍 or a 💓 means. To make matters worse, there's no emoji dictionary and not everyone agrees on what each emoji means. đŸ€·

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