Despite, or maybe because of, her history with smiley faces, that particular emoji isn’t one that The Emoji Movie star is especially enamored of. Instead, she tends to prefer the emojis less texted.

The main crux was that even something as simple as the smiley face emoji could be interpreted a number of different ways – while many of those in their 30s and above would see it as meaning ...

The upside-down smiley face emoji was released in Apple emojis in 2015. However, Google released their own version in 2008 and it has been around ever since. Most read in Tech ...

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.

You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are the most popular emoji as of early January. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be popular next ...

Look, I’m no emoji expert, but there’s one thing I do know: The basic smiley emoji is a goddamn liar. And using it makes you a liar, too. I first noticed ...

The smiley face emoji is no longer being perceived as joyful. The generation born between 1997 and 2012 finds it to be anything but positive. Yup, that's right.

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...