Our frustrated emoji year: A laughing-through-tears smiley face is the Oxford dictionary "word" of 2015 This rakish face embodying an ineffable mix of hilarity and crying beat out "refugee" and ...

YOUNG people in their teens and early twenties have revealed that the smiley face emoji can be seen as condescending or even passive-aggressive. By Conor Clark 15:47, Wed, Aug 11, 2021 | UPDATED ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

An Irish emoji expert has predicted the most-used ones for 2025 and says the laughing face is “the millennial go-to” and is being swapped for the skull emoji by Gen-Z. Dubliner Keith Broni, 35 ...

Ellie York, 23, agrees with Bishi, telling The Independent that “there is definitely a more sinister passive-aggressive or sarcastic side” to the smiley emoji. “I think it’s the eyes.

A smiley face isn’t always just a smiley face. Behind the yellow, wide-eyed emoji’s grin lurks an intergenerational minefield.

The ubiquitous smiley face. Emojis are in the news because a recent Tracker Research survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that 41% of respondents believe a message needs an emoji to be complete, ...

Keith Broni says young people want to "distinguish" themselves, but says smiling faces, crying laughing and red heart emojis will stay popular in 2025 ...

Irish emoji expert predicts laughing face will die off - as Gen Z prefer using the skull instead. Keith Broni says young people want to "distinguish" themselves, but says smiling faces, ...