In fact, the loudly crying emoji is an example of how different people and generations have adapted the original meanings of ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Prof Fahlman posted the ‘sideways smiley’ onto ... as a language, emoji combinations are largely subject to interpretation. What do you mean broccoli-broccoli-crying face?

But he still predicts old favourites such as the smiling face, crying laughing and red heart emojis will remain popular for 2025. Keith, who is editor of emoji website Emojipedia, said ...