Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning ...

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A picture may tell a thousand words, but the secret meaning behind an emoji can be enough to strike fear into any parent’s ...

Your favourite emoji might not mean what you think it does. A forensic linguist explains how these seemingly innocent symbols could have legal and social implications.

In the early days of online chatting people used different characters on the keyboard as a shortcut to convey an emotion. The happy face :) to convey happiness or joy. The frowny face :( to convey ...