HAPPY World Emoji Day everyone. 

It turns out there really is a day for everything and this one celebrates something which could claim to be the world's first truly global language. 

For those that are less familiar - emojis are small images used to express ideas or emotions in digital communication. 

They were first developed in Japan in the 90s to mimic face-to-face gestures and overcome communication breakdown in the transition from letters to email. 

A total of 2,666 emojis are now used on Facebook with the platform revealing this week the most commonly used emojis and those that are used the least. 

At the top of the list are:

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

And at the bottom of the list

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Pic credits: Facebook

The least used emojis include a person playing waterpolo, a man in a suit levitating (we're not sure what context you would use that one in either), the number one digit, a juggler and a mouse. 

While it's easy to see the emotion or action most emojis are trying to convey, there's quite a few out there that get misinterpreted.

YouGov has captured the ambiguity by asking British people to say in one word what six commonly used emoji mean. 

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Pic credit: YouGov

The most commonly confused emojis

The second emoji on the list above was interpreted by the majority of people as 'sad', 'crying', 'upset' or 'unhappy'.

According to Unicode (the group which set the standards for emoji) however it doesn't mean any of these. 

'Sleepy Face' is it's official definition and the drip is actually a bubble coming out of the nose used in Japanese animation to denote sleep.  

The third emoji is officially classed as 'dizzy face' but often gets used when people are drunk, hungover or tired. 

The fourth emoji is called 'flushed face' but is also used when people are 'puzzled'. 

While opinions appear to be split on the final emoji. 

Officially it's called 'Grimacing face' but people also use it to convey braces on their teeth or also confuse it with someone grinning. 

Are there any emojis you interpret differently to your friends or family?

And has it ever got you into trouble?