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.

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.

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 ...

Unicode 16 emoji include face with bags under eyes, fingerprint, leafless tree, root vegetable, harp, shovel, and splatter. Apple last introduced new emoji with the iOS 17.4 update that was ...

Gen Z's interpretation of the smiley face emoji isn't new, although it's making headlines again. In 2021, the Wall Street Journal ran a whole piece on it and included insight from Gen Z.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Online. Followed categories will be added to My News. The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30, The New York ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30, The New York Post reports. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as ...

Gen Z co-opted the smiley face emoji, but beware — it means something totally different to them. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn – at least in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Online. Followed categories will be added to My News. The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30, The New York ...