New emoji proposals have been put ... We've got a bulging, slightly overwhelmed smiley ("distorted face", above) that we can imagine getting used a lot on social media; there's also a Bigfoot ...

Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each ...

A smiley face with circles under its eyes, a fingerprint, root vegetables and a harp: Anyone who has painfully missed these emojis for embellishing chats and emails so far should be rejoicing in 2025.

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.