Every year, new emojis land on our keyboards—beans, bubbles, trolls—and Gen Z instantly makes them mean something more. The melting face 🫠, originally for physical heat or awkwardness, now signals ...

You have to look at context clues and subtext to understand what teens are saying. “Emojis are a mirror of the times,” Wolf explains. “As communication becomes more visual, fast-paced, and filtered ...

The humble smiley-face emoji has become a sign of discontent, while the laughing-crying emoji is now "uncool." How do you ...

There’s nothing a dog loves more than getting scratches from their owner. This video showed how a Golden Retriever dog named Brooks’ mood completely changed when his paw parent stopped giving the ...

World Emoji Day was first observed in 2014, founded by Jeremy Burge, the creator of Emojipedia, a popular online resource for emoji meanings and history.

this smiley is on the decline among gen Z – who decided in 2020 that it wasn’t cool anymore. Instead, they prefer the skull emoji (💀), which is shorthand for the gen Z catch phrase “I’m dead”. This ...

In theory, emotes are a fantastic way for players to communicate across language barriers. A way to share directions, ...

"After tech bros corrupted my beloved sparkles emoji by making it visually synonymous with AI, there was an opening," said CNET writer Katelyn Chedraoui, who voted for the heart hands emoji. "The ...