Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...

A majority of them — 64 percent — used happy face emoji. ... Last year, OfficeTeam surveyed 300 senior managers and found that 61 percent thought it was ok to use emojis in work communications.

Management hired advertising expert Harvey Ball to improve company morale. He doodled a smiling yellow face as part of the company’s “Friendship Campaign” that included 100 smiley face pins for ...

When the upside-down emoji face came into my life in 2015, I instantly knew it was my go-to sarcastic face. But as I used it more, it became my "I'm secretly mad at you" and even my "I feel ...

Take the "angry face" emoji — you know, ... I did not know a whole body "OK" sign was a thing until right now. 5. ... Dude, the nuances between all these little smiley face guys are crazy subtle.

When the Oxford English Dictionary declared an emoji its 2015 ... it was a recognition of the enormous effect yellow smiley faces and other colorful ... a whale and a hand gesturing “OK! ...