A picture may tell a thousand words, but the secret meaning behind an emoji can be enough to strike fear into any parent’s ...

It’s great when used with “thinking of you” messages. When to skip: You’re probably fine to use this one as much as you like. Out of all the heart emojis, the purple heart surprised Broni ...

Your favourite emoji might not mean what you think it does. A forensic linguist explains how these seemingly innocent symbols could have legal and social implications.

Click here for more of our emoji special: lists of favourite emojis, the world’s most popular ones (a very different list), and ways in which AI could already be changing it all (because why ...