The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive ...

A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text. According to court documents from the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan in March 2021 ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Decorating your home for the holidays could be more difficult this year, and your choices might be limited. From big box stores to small businesses, shipping container backups ...

When I woke up this morning and saw the headline Give Chickpeas A Chance, I knew the time had come to salute one of my favorite NPR.org oddities: the food-pun headline. Now, some food headlines ...

Not serious enough to correspond to the content, it seems. “Over a third of British adults believe that emoji are to blame for the deterioration of the English language, according to new ...

Ah, the Apollo'"Where stars are born and legends made." Since 1934, this world-famous Harlem theater has been searching for untapped talent with their weekly Amateur Night competition. Folks like ...

The judge pointed to a Dictionary.com definition of the thumbs-up emoji, which said it is used to express assent, approval or encouragement in digital communications. This court cannot (nor should ...

David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...