The exploding/dynamite emoji refers to someone being an “incel” or “involuntarily celibate”. Ms Scott also explained the 100 emoji refers to the ‘80/20 rule’ – a core manosphere belief that 80 per cent of women are attracted to just 20 per cent of men — something she said is one of the most quoted “statistics” in the online community.

Bascombe assumed Jaime and Katie were friendly based on their Instagram interactions, but Adam tells him there are hidden meanings behind the emojis in Katie’s comments on Jaime’s page indicating she was cyberbullying him.

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