From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of many people's daily messages. But despite their prevalence, people are only just realising what one popular ...

If you’re a parent worried about your child’s unfamiliar online world, a fear-based response is unlikely to work. What is ...

Parents in Bascombe’s generation generally use emoji at their face value meaning or casually added onto the end of a text message, while young people often assign their own creative or ironic ...

However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. MailOnline's interactive chart reveals the true meaning of 60 popular emoji. Some of the emoji - including the pill, mushroom, and balloon - are ...

For ambiguous emoji, like a paperclip which has a more nuanced meaning beyond holding paper together, anyone who uses it feels like they are in on the "joke," or "real" meaning. Twitter doesn't ...