The hand-over-mouth and peeking-through-fingers faces were perfect for moments of shock and horror. But, in the end, no emoji was better suited for the ups and downs 2022 than the saluting face.

Which looks like this:. The Joy emoji—also referred to on the ­Emojipedia website as “Face With Tears of Joy” or “the LOL Emoji” (emoji don’t have official names, just nicknames creat ...

there is an emoji-standard-setter, about which more later — said it means “sleepy face.” Sure, there appears to be a tear coming from the emoji’s eye. But like all emoji, its origin is ...

Whether you're throwing an emoji party or need an ingenious costume for Halloween, these ideas will surely be crowd-pleasers. (Insert smiley face here.) ...

When I can’t summon the appropriate words, this emoji speaks for me. It is, of course, the Melting Face emoji. Announcing this year’s lineup, music festival Coachella dropped an “embarrassed ...