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.

In Slack’s emoji menu, there are two versions of basic smiley faces. As shown above, there is :slightly_smiling_face: and :simple_smile:. At first glance, it might appear that the first offers 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 ...

Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes – 😍. Emoji meaning: The face is happy and expressing love for a person, place, or idea. It is commonly used in romantic messages to express love. When you’re expressing ...

To make things more interesting, some emails contained smiley face emoji while others didn’t. The outcome revealed that, contrary to smiling in person, the smiley emoticons had no effect on ...

From the smiling face to the VHS tape: How an emoji becomes an emoji by: Nexstar Media Wire, Addy Bink. Posted: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:02 AM CDT. Updated: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:02 AM CDT.

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 ...

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 ...

From the smiling face to the VHS tape: How an emoji becomes an emoji by Addy Bink and Nexstar Media Wire - 09/10/22 10:00 AM ET. by Addy Bink and Nexstar Media Wire - 09/10/22 10:00 AM ET.