The OED chose this emoji because they said it best reflected the passing year in language. 5. Abraham Lincoln might have been the first to use an emoticon Whilst explaining the difference between ...

2. Tap the emoji keyboard icon -- the smiley icon -- in the bottom left corner of your screen. 3. Long press on the emoji you want to use. 4. Drag the emoji to the message and release it.

Sky watchers may see a smiley face beaming down on Earth during a rare alignment between the moon and two rising planets in ...

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 ...

An emoticon is a blend of ‘emotion’ and ‘icon’, made up of characters from a keyboard, whereas an emoji (a combination of the Japanese ‘e’ for ‘picture’ and ‘moji’ for ...

actually means 'disappointed yet relieved': And when is an emoji not an emoji? When it’s an emoticon. Previous confusion has surrounded the two and the words have been used interchangeably ...