def check_emotes(line, emotes=[]):
    """Checks if a specific lines contains at least one emote."""
    _line = str(line).split()
    for word in _line:
        _word = word
        try:
            _word = _word.split(':')[1]
            _word = _word.split('\\')[0]
        except IndexError:
            pass
        if _word in emotes:
            return True

    return False