To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

That means sending smiley face emoji to your younger colleagues in work emails might be making you seem passive-aggressive rather than friendly. ... EXCLUSIVE No wonder she's wearing sunglasses: ...

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...