There are so many emojis (3,633 emojis as of September 2021, to be exact). While most of them are pretty straightforward, every once in a while an emoji adopts a whole new meaning. For example, the ...
Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily — but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...
Adam Aleksic is a Gen Z linguist and content creator. Don’t be alarmed if you see young people use increasingly macabre emojis online. In the past few years, for instance, the skull emoji has ...
It may be hard to believe it’s a thing, but World Emoji Day was “celebrated” (is that the right word for it?) on July 17. Still, for anyone over the age of 40 or so, the fact that this rudimentary, ...
Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...