For the Gen Z population, the youngest group in our workforce, a simple smiley face or a thumbs up can feel anything but simply what they intend to mean. Surabhi Pandey, Counseling Psychologist ...

Gen Z came after the crying laughing face emoji, but they also have some thoughts on the simple smiley face. So, if you're a ...

Apparently, the thumbs-up emoji is now considered a passive-aggressive ... Are we going to start reading too much into the smiley-face emoji? “Oh no, they sent a smiley with a nose — clearly ...

Far worse, the thumbs up is seen as actively hostile – a passive-aggressive dig deemed “unsettling”. I know, I know: millennials are hardly innocent in the communication wars. A decade ago ...

Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up in a new Snapchat ad. The footage was taken from this year’s September 11, 2001 memorial honoring the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks (Screenshot/Donald J.

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face ... they’re easy to pick up. The average six-year-old child in the UK ...

The truth is, hand gestures have always been complicated. From the ancient Roman thumbs-up to the modern mystery of Gen Z’s sideways peace sign/head-tilt, our hands have been doing a lot of ...

Footage broadcast by MSNBC and shared on X by White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates shows Biden giving a thumbs up as he motioned over to a group of skydivers. Italian Prime ...

They have similar views on the thumbs up emoji, which older generations may use to simply indicate a "good job." Gen Z's interpretation of the smiley face emoji isn't new, although it's making ...