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Back in the heady pre-Covid days of 2015, Oxford Dictionaries picked the “face with tears of joy” as its word of the year. It makes sense, when you think about it, that the laugh-cry emoji has ...

Argentina's flag in top 20: Messi effect The Partying Face is in the top 10 lists of several European nations, including Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Russia, indicating a post ...

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.

But now it’s not just about seeming over-keen (kissy heart face, anyone ... The once-condemned laughing-crying emoji has had a resurgence as an ironic response. Prayer hands are rarely ...

Boom emoji displayed! 🎉 If you’ve noticed that emojis slightly differ across platforms (like how the crying-laughing face looks a bit different on Apple vs. Android), that’s because ...