Did you know the emoticon of a smiley face that is laughing so hard it is crying (officially known as Face with Tears of Joy Emoji) is now considered completely uncool by younger people?

Like "oh no that girl is crying and all I wanted was for her to park the car ... Here is an incomplete list of the times when you are NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES to use a smiley emoticon. Also, please ...

Some smartphone users even mistake the emoticon for a tears of sadness face. In 2010, Unicode introduced the emoji, which is actually meant to represent “tears of joy”. It's a common mistake ...

A few weeks ago, after I said goodbye to a friend who was moving across the country, I texted her an emoji of a crying face ... By analyzing emoticon use on Twitter, Schnoebelen has found that ...

What do you mean broccoli-broccoli-crying face ... are far older than the sideways smiley. While it is debated whether it was deliberate or a typo, the first emoticon in print may have been ...

We're all familiar with the smiley emoticon, and its power to add levity, flirtation, and occasionally passive-aggression to our texts, chats, and e-mails. But according to researchers ...

Frowny face. A study just published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that including a smiley emoticon (":)") or an emoji (a picture of a smiley face ...

Stansifer said the emoticon was part of a natural progression in communication. "I don't think the smiley face was the beginning and the end," he said. "All people at all times take advantage of ...