Sometimes you’re trying to keep your eyes wide to fight back the tears while laughing wildly. It can look crazy—a little pieced together, after all—but there’s an emoji to convey the feeling.

Emojis can also take on distinct meanings depending on the generation that uses them and the platform they are shared on ...

The memes that led to blue emoji names started with a pack of 79 detailed purple emojis. As social media gained popularity, stickers with the same expressions reappeared. This time, they were blue.

Responding to the call, public transportation advocates rallied around the underappreciated emoji, spamming Twitter/X with strings of the aerial tramway. The plan worked. After 77 days, the tram ...

Real-World Usage: Beyond Emojis to Memes, Sounds, and Images. The ability of emojis to encode meaning finds parallels in other digital mediums, including memes, paraphrases, and even sound clips.

On Slack, Gen Z uses emojis, memes, GIFs, and TikToks to convey a message to their colleagues. Usually, they're used in the place of words to communicate a deeper message.

Emoji are part of our vernacular, with all of the attendant quirks and slang uses and confusion that come with it. This year, Goldman found examples of heart eyes, eye rolls, devil faces, rats ...

“A lot of great emojis and memes and GIFs sent,” Licht said about the players’ reactions to hearing of Josh Grizzard’s promotion. “He was a very popular person in the locker room ...