Nope, it's something that has been around before emoji.What's xD?
I have never seen this before.
So I looked it up, and now I know why I have never seen it before.
“Xd” is an emoticon commonly used in text messaging, chat, TikTok, and Snapchat to indicate laughter or a joke. It is often used as an alternative to “Lol” (laugh out loud).
Learnt something this AM-even though I probably won't use it, at least I'll know the next time I see it.
XD = 😆
:P = 😛
= 😁
And so on
Just the way younger people use emoji more often than the older folks, same thing applies to why it's popular for the likes of Snapchat And tiktok.. god I feel old knowing this