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.

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 ...

The site sorts emoji into nine categories, including Smileys, People, Objects, Activity and more. Each category then breaks down emoji into further subsections.

The smiley face emoji is no longer being perceived as joyful. The generation born between 1997 and 2012 finds it to be anything but positive. Yup, that's right.

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers find that including a smiley emoticon or emoji in a work email may make people think you ... 64% happy face, 16% thumbs up, 7% winking face, 3% heart, 3% surprised face, 3% sad ...