I also told them how the thumbs up emoji is often interpreted as passive aggressive, and that the only time I’d use the ...

Using the wrong emoji at work can shift the meaning of your message. Staying curious about tone and generational preferences ...

Generations often have differing perspectives on what something means. In this case, the Thumbs Up emoji is popular among older generations but is viewed as “passive-aggressive” by younger ...

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.

Despite seeming like a universal language, it turns out some of us are using and reading emojis the wrong way. Brittany ...

What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

The thumbs-up emoji isn’t passive-aggressive – Gen Z need to get over it. The younger generation interprets the popular emoji as a sign of aggression in the workplace.

The thumbs-up emoji isn’t passive-aggressive – Gen Z need to get over it. The younger generation interprets the popular emoji as a sign of aggression in the workplace.

Somehow, this emoji that used to be either positive or neutral has started to feel passive-aggressive in certain contexts.

I also told them how the thumbs up emoji is often interpreted as passive aggressive, and that the only time I'd use the laughing-crying ("face with tears of joy") emoji is under duress.

First, they came for our crying-laughing face. Then, our clapping hands. Now, it’s millennials’ thumbs ups that are under attack. Yes, the – to my mind – most benign and functional of emojis has been ...