Twitch emotes: Everything to know about Twitch's wildly popular take on emoji

Twitch emotes have a wide variety of meanings and uses.
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Twitch emotes are small emoji-like icons that you can use in any Twitch streamer's chat room.
Twitch streamers with enough viewers can upload their own custom emotes for subscribers to use.
If you download the third-party extension BetterTTV, you can access dozens of new Twitch emotes for free.
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