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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

I’ve never really been a fan of the thumbs-up emoji, largely because it has historically been associated with dads, and as a young man hurtling into his thirties with an escalating appetite for ...

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 ...