Emojis are everywhere in our daily chats, helping us express emotions without saying a word. But sometimes, using the wrong emoji can send the wrong message and lead to some awkward misunderstandings.

reporting from san francisco — When the Oxford English Dictionary declared an emoji its 2015 word of the year, it was a bit of a head-scratcher. The emoji it singled out — an image of a laughing ...

SENDING a heart emoji seems pretty straightforward — that is until you realise every different colour bears a special meaning. We delve into the significance of the purple heart emoji. Other than love ...

Instagram is solving some of the internet’s greatest mysteries — like just what it is people mean when they use that salsa dancer emoji. One of the company’s software engineers, Thomas Dimson, has ...

IT’S our go-to emoji when we’re asking our partner to pick up a takeaway on the way home from work or trying to get out of taking the kids to football. But it turns out the “pleading face” emoji has a ...

Emojis have become the language of texts. They’re the answer to lightening the mood, showing empathy, creating LOLs, you way out of difficult situations when you really don’t know what to reply back, ...

TikTok has it own vocabulary full of mysterious words, phrases and emojis. Case in point: The two index fingers together emoji that went viral last year, or the term "Heather" which was inspired by ...

From a cheery smiley face to a cheeky wink, emoji are now a regular part of daily communication for many people. But despite using them almost every day, many people are just realising the sinister ...

Emoji now form a staple part of many people's daily messages - whether it's friendly smiley faces, flirty hearts, or cheeky aubergines. If you're an emoji user, you may think you've got the characters ...