A picture may tell a thousand words, but the secret meaning behind an emoji can be enough to strike fear into any parent’s heart. We all use emojis and acronyms to bring some light hearted fun to our ...

Text emojis apparently aren’t just for teenagers anymore, with news outlets reporting how top American officials used them in high-level, Signal message chats last week that included details about U.S ...

When I imagined life with teenagers, I seriously underestimated how much time I’d spend just trying to decode what they were saying (cracked? Sigma? Crash out?) and their cryptic emoji use (what does ...

The Drug Enforcement Agency has released a chart showing the emojis teens are texting to order drugs on social media. DEA Teenagers are buying deadly drugs from strangers on social media — and they ...

TikTok might be best known for its dance routines and challenges, but it's also the home of nearly 50 "secret" emoticons that are exclusive to the app and include graphics that look significantly ...

From 'skibidi' to 'rizz', it's safe to say that many members of Generation Z have their own language. Now, it seems that youngsters are also changing the way they use emoji. In an attempt to confuse ...

Instagram has been consistent with updates, and lately, it brought some cool features to private messages. It includes editing the message you sent, pinning your top three conversations, and more. But ...

TikTokers are realizing just how easy it is to add some extra personality to their TikTok comments via emoji. While some users have been in on the TikTok emoji list with codes for a while, you might ...

Virtual conversations are punctuated by emojis. These little characters that liven up text messages slip almost naturally under the thumb. There are people who use them sparingly, and others who ...

When my son, Ian, was 3, I bought him a cellphone. It had three buttons: "Call Mom," "Call Dad" and "Call Grandma." He was young, but it helped us feel better he could reach us in case of an emergency ...

There are secret meanings behind emojis that parents should know about. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) updated its official list of emojis and acronyms that parents need to be aware of. “Some ...