The pictorial shorthand of emojis is perfect for small phone screens. It has also sprawled into a lexicon rich in metaphor ...

On World Emoji Day, celebrated on July 17, we celebrate emojis in all their quirky, colorful glory. Love them or judge them, ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above. You are viewing 1 of 4 images ...

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

Gen Z's interpretation of the smiley face emoji isn't new, although it's making headlines again. In 2021, the Wall Street Journal ran a whole piece on it and included insight from Gen Z.

In case you haven’t noticed, Microsoft’s brand of poop emoji doesn’t greet you with a happy smile, which sets it apart from other poop emojis out there. DON’T MISS: Watch this insane 200 ...

The upside-down smiley face emoji was released in Apple emojis in 2015. However, Google released their own version in 2008 and it has been around ever since. Most read in Tech ...

In 2023, Surrey Police issued a guide for parents on the latest emoji slang for the drug trade. If you see your child using a horse emoji, for example, that could be a reference to Ketamine, a ...