emojis
Texting's tiny pictures
Emojis is the plural of emoji—the small pictographic characters used in digital communication to convey emotion, tone, or meaning: She replied with a string of emojis.
Hearts, faces, and hand gestures are among the most common.
Emojis help signal intent where text alone might seem flat or ambiguous: Added some emojis so she'd know I was joking.
Digital cheerful expression
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- cryingEmotional tear release
- laughingMaking sounds of amusement
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
sad · love · joy · tears · wink · grinning · blushing · kisses
Sending typed mobile messages
- messagingSending written digital communications
- reactionsResponses to events
- toneQuality of sound
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
expression · shorthand · replies · comments · captions · chat · social media · WhatsApp
Symbol drawn as image
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- glyphVisual form of character
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- yellowHue between green and orange
keyboard · face · character · sticker · graphic · cartoon · illustration · pixelated
Relating to age groups
- Gen ZPost-millennial demographic cohort
- millennialConcerning thousand-year cycles
- internet cultureOnline community behaviors and trends
- memesSelf-propagating cultural units
irony · sarcasm · passive-aggressive · subtext · inside joke · viral · trending · slang
smiley
Digital cheerful expression
angry · sad · love · joy · tears · wink · grinning · blushing · kisses · hugging
texting
Sending typed mobile messages
sentiment · expression · shorthand · replies · comments · captions · chat · social media · WhatsApp · iMessage
pictograph
Symbol drawn as image
yellow · keyboard · face · character · sticker · graphic · cartoon · illustration · pixelated · animated
generational
Relating to age groups
- Gen ZPost-millennial demographic cohort
- millennialConcerning thousand-year cycles
- internet cultureOnline community behaviors and trends
memes · irony · sarcasm · passive-aggressive · subtext · inside joke · viral · trending · slang · cringe
thumbs up
Gesture signaling approval
facepalm · shrug · 100 · sparkles · crown · checkmark · red flag · green flag · peach · eggplant
Apple
Cupertino tech giant
- AndroidGoogle's phone platform
- SamsungSouth Korean tech conglomerate
- TwitterMicroblogging social network
Facebook · Instagram · TikTok · keyboard · autocomplete · prediction · skin tone · variation · update · redesign
- visual mediafilm, video, drawing, photograph, television
- graphicsvector, shapes, 3D graphics, raster, symbols
- digital youthscreen time, smartphones, social media, apps, texting
- nonverbal communicationgestures, pointing, body language, facial expressions, sign language
- smartphone contentapps, photos, videos, notifications, text messages
- Textingtyping indicator, typing dots, read receipts, read receipt, delivered
emojisplain text
Unencoded readable characters
typed letters · words · prose · written language · typography
emojisformal language
Elevated, rule-governed expression
business writing · legal language · official correspondence · traditional grammar
- poop emojiCartoon feces icon
- heart emojiRomantic messaging icon
- skull emojiCranium pictograph for texts
- thumbs up emoji
- fire emojiPictograph indicating heat or excitement
- sad emoji