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.

The hand-over-mouth and peeking-through-fingers faces were perfect for moments of shock and horror. But, in the end, no emoji was better suited for the ups and downs 2022 than the saluting face.

If you click an individual emoji, Emojipedia will give you a brief description of that emoji. For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the "👅" emoji: "A tongue, sticking out.

With 'Smile 2' in theaters Oct. 18, Paramount Pictures seemingly hired two actors to wear the movie's signature creepy smiles on their faces at an MLB playoff game between the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

We spotted a Halloween-themed Audio Emoji option in a beta version of the Google Phone app (version 149.0.682953539-publicbeta-pixel2024). This plays a creepy sound that includes a sinister laugh ...