In fact, the loudly crying emoji is an example of how different people and generations have adapted the original meanings of emojis, with this emoticon traditionally portraying a feeling of ...

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.

Prof Fahlman posted the ‘sideways smiley’ onto ... as a language, emoji combinations are largely subject to interpretation. What do you mean broccoli-broccoli-crying face?