Sure, you can “turn that frown upside down” into a smiley face ... “A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows, a small frown, and large, “puppy dog” eyes, as if begging or pleading.

In Slack’s emoji menu, there are two versions of basic smiley faces. As shown above, there is :slightly_smiling_face: and :simple ... Slack—a story I wrote, a puppy picture—and having ...

If you are talking to someone face-to-face, you don’t need an additional word or symbol to express “I’m smiling” because ... The world wanted an emoji hot dog! And an emoji avocado!

The smiley face has become ubiquitous online ... Perhaps eventually we’ll respond to emoji as we would to real dogs, cats and night skies.