Lauren Gawne is a co-creator of Lingthusiasm. This research was funded in part by the Lingthusiasm Patreon. We’re much more likely to be hanging out on social media than at the watercooler these days.

The proposal for a mammoth emoji—coming to an iPhone near you next month—doesn’t just give a brief natural history of the extinct pachyderm. It also includes a chart comparing the incidence of the ...

While many of us tap out these symbols to our family and friends, there are no universal usage rules for emoji: no grammar, no meanings. No syntax. But Fred Benenson, the visionary who gave you “Emoji ...

As my daughter and I bobbed in our pool floats, I wondered when my wife, still inside the house, was going to join us. I’d left my phone ashore, so I tapped into messages on my smartwatch. I navigated ...

The Unicode Emoji Subcommittee reviews new submissions. Emoji, the silly little pictorials that fill digital communication, are a fun way to deliver a message for many people. But for those who want ...

NEW YORK — Emoji, the silly little pictorials that fill digital communication, are a fun way to deliver a message for many people. But for those who want to be enshrined in the cultural annals of face ...