Officially it’s not a shaka. But it’s close enough, and people who use emojis will soon be able to send a hand gesture emoji instead of typing \m/ when saying ‘shaka’ in text messages. Among 72 ...

Headscarf-wearing women now have an emoji of their own, thanks to a 16-year-old Saudi girl. Rayouf Alhumedhi, who now lives in Vienna, proposed the idea last year to The Unicode Consortium, the ...

Like side parts, skinny jeans, and girlbossing, emoji can be categorized as dated internet ephemera. These days, certain symbols, like , are seen as especially cringe and — even worse — Millennial.

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