The winner for the Most Popular New Emoji in 2024 was the head shaking horizontally (🙂‍↔️) followed by the head shaking ...

Think of emoticons as the traditional smiley face -- with a lot more personality. Crafting an emoticon like the shrug-face takes a lot more work than an emoji, though.

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 ...