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 ...

One of the more interesting additions, however, is a shaking face emoji, which will likely be used as “I’m shook” by texters. Further additions include animals like a donkey, moose ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Upside down smiley is not what it seems... The upside down smiley face is one of the top five misunderstood emoji, according to a poll of 1,000 people by TextAnywhere. It can easily represent ...