Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

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An emoticon is a blend of ‘emotion’ and ‘icon’, made up ... The iconic yellow smiley face has an interesting story behind it - and it was around long before the emoticon.