Did you know the emoticon of a smiley face that is laughing so hard it is crying (officially known as Face with Tears of Joy Emoji) is now considered completely uncool by younger people? Me ...

The Emoticon Turns 30, ... There had been previous hints of emoticons. A newspaper transcript of Abraham Lincoln drawing a laugh in 1862 follows it with a semi-colon and parentheses, ...

You don’t even need to hear a laugh to be able to laugh. Deaf signers punctuate their signed sentences with laughter, much like emoticons in written text. Laughter creates bonds and increases ...

And it seems that laughing emoticons were the most popular this year. Find out which emojis were the most used on social networks in 2023. A picture is worth a thousand words.