Open any Gen Z group chat and it might read like pure emoji chaos: (, ). To outsiders, it’s baffling. To them, it’s a whole conversation—funny, dramatic, layered with meaning. No words needed. It's ...

Can you believe that the first emoji was only created in the late 1990s? Before this, we could use emoticons, which were just ...

New study shows emojis boost how caring and responsive you seem—helping friendships thrive, even through text.

Estate Planning Smiley Faces in Serious Places: Emoji Use Pops Up in Legal Battles Over Inheritances Estate planning attorney notes how emojis are crossing over from casual conversation to litigation.

Gen Z co-opted the smiley face emoji, but beware — it means something totally different to them What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn – at least in ...

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 ...

That means sending smiley face emoji to your younger colleagues in work emails might be making you seem passive-aggressive rather than friendly.

The evolution from the smiley face to emojis took a detour in the 1980s with emoticons, melding “emotion” and “icon” (a word similar to “emoji” conceptually but not etymologically). All emoticons are ...

To millennials, the ubiquitous smiling face emoji usually means something good, a positive sentiment, or happy emotions. Gen Zers have a very different take.