The paperclip emoji shows a bent metal clip used to hold sheets of paper together. It represents an attachment, an enclosed file, paperwork, or documents grouped together.
In messages, it usually means that a file, photo, link, or document is attached. It can also refer to office work or the old Microsoft Office assistant Clippy, especially in nostalgic tech jokes. Used alone after saying a file was attached, it may carry the quiet menace of hoping the attachment was actually included.
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