Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small digital image can be worth a thousand words. Loudly Crying Face. Rolling on the Floor Laughing. Smiling Face with Heart ...

EVERYONE KNOWS the ingredients of a smiley face: the egg-yolk circle, the black oblong eyes, the curved grin. It has pervaded pop culture since the 1960s, when hippies stickered it onto VW buses and ...

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When you see a colon and a parentheses, you know exactly what it means. The smiley face has become ubiquitous online, and psychologists have even looked into the ways it’s used in emails. Now, ...

Dead eyes, half-smile. Inhale deeply. Let it out. It’s all going to be OK. “🙂.” My editor messaged me after I pitched him some dumb, silly, exceedingly me blog. Gentle code for “let’s pass on this ...

What is your feeling on using emoticons (smiley faces, etc.) in professional emails? My first reaction is no, they are too childish and unprofessional, but then I find myself sometimes wanting to use ...