Emoji usage has become a major aspect of digital communication. While some are just add-ons and ornaments in English mediated communication, in the present world emojis, are functioning pragmatically and convey emotions, attitudes, jokes, politeness, human relations in the realm of digital. In this research, we have scrutinized the role of emojis in the domain of digital pragmatics and computer-mediated communication; especially how they are functioning on platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, X and online educational context that also affect the meaning perception, emotional clearness of communication, the process of conveying and also helps users compensate the lack of nonverbal communication in digital space like facial expressions, gestures, and tones to lower ambiguity and make communication effective among interlocutors. It was also realized that emojis play roles in terms of enhancing politeness strategies, multimodality. It also contributes to diminish lack of facial expressions, gestures, tonal cues while communication through digital platform, which brings more clarity, to the communication. It has also shown how in online communication, it helps the senders avoid ambiguity and at the same time how the meanings can also differ with the contexts, culture, age group and the way the platform has been designed. Reviewing and comparing scholarly articles along with the real digital communication, it becomes evident that the emoji has come to acquire new position that has significantly impact the contemporary linguistic intercourse. It can also be argued that emojis' functioning has been modified as a sophisticated communication tools rather than the symbol for adornment.