The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive, or ...

A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text.

Poppycock, says Geoff Pullum. Dropping the occasional pictograph into their prose is not going to strip people of the capacity to form sentences.