Yaw
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:yaw: (rhymes with "aww") is an emoji used in some parts of the quizbowl Discord community, though it is more common in the Science Bowl and Earth Science Olympiad communities.
The emoji appears to depict a low-quality parody of the :joy: (laughing-crying) emoji, with a more-open mouth, an unusual eye expression, and an angry-looking V-shaped unibrow. It is frequently used to express feelings of frustration, disappointment, or moroseness—often in an ironic or humorous manner. It can also be used as a replacement for the actual :joy: emoji, signifying one's genuine laughter (though often in a mocking manner towards what is being laughed at).
Many Discord servers also have a horizontally-flipped version of the emoji, called :way: People often combine the two emojis into the expression ":yaw: :way:" They may also omit the colons, replacing the emojis with the textual expression "yaw way" (which invokes the similar-sounding name of the deity Yahweh, intentionally or otherwise). The USESO Discord server has another variant called :yawchain: which consists of many alternating :yaw: and :way: faces strung together in a row.
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