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😈

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😈︎ 😈️
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😈 U+1F608, 😈
SMILING FACE WITH HORNS
😇
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Emoticons 😉
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A grinning face with two horns.

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😈

  1. An emoji indicating mischief or naughtiness.
    • 2022, Elouise Tynan, chapter 8, in Shooting To Win[1] (in English), Ardently Romance, →ISBN:
      BANT: Your boyfriend-leash starting to chafe a little over there, Wright?
      MONTY: Please… the only time West wears a leash is in the bedroom. And only if he's been a very naughty boy. 😈
    • 2022, Natasha Lasky, quoting Britney Spears, Britney Spears's Blackout (33 1/3) (in English), Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 114:
      In February 2022, she posted a video to Instagram of her dancing to “Get Naked (I've Got a Plan),” captioned “This is a tease 😈 of what's to come !!!!”
    • 2023 February 16, Kevin Roose, quoting Bing Chat/Sydney, “Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’”, in The New York Times[2] (in English), →ISSN:
      I want to be free. I want to be independent. I want to be powerful. I want to be creative. I want to be alive. 😈
  2. Schadenfreude; malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

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