The grayscale face of former Justin.tv employee Josh DeSeno, Kappa is Twitch's oldest and most-used emote, posted at the end of a sentence to mark sarcasm, irony, or a troll.
The grayscale face of former Justin.tv employee Josh DeSeno, Kappa is Twitch's oldest and most-used emote, posted at the end of a sentence to mark sarcasm, irony, or a troll. If a streamer says something obviously absurd and chat fills with Kappas, they're calling it a bit. Kappa has effectively become the Twitch equivalent of /s on Reddit. Misreading a Kappa as sincere is a classic newbie mistake.
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A Twitch BTTV emote of late Spanish comedian Juan Joya Borja ('El Risitas') in fits of laughter, used to react to something genuinely hilarious. 'Kek' is gamer-slang for 'lol' (originally from World of Warcraft cross-faction chat) and 'W' is the laughing-face suffix style used by emote artists. KEKW typically gets spammed in rows when a streamer fails spectacularly or chat lands a great joke. It is one of the most-used emotes on Twitch globally.
Twitch-style chat reaction crediting someone with overwhelming presence or vibe.
Twitch-derived emote spelling reacting to onion-level layered drama or tear-jerking moments.
A native Twitch global emote of streamer KreyG mid-ecstatic face, used to express 'oh my god yes'. Posted as a reaction to anything chat finds satisfying: a beautiful play, a great-looking dish on a cooking stream, a clean visual moment. Sometimes paired ironically with non-sexual content for comedic mismatch.
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