Likewise, the fire emoji doesn't represent a literal fire or heat but is rather used to say that something is 'fire', meaning very good or cool, or that someone is 'hot', as in extremely attractive.

One emoji in particular seems to be a part of the generational divide, she added. The language app found that where previous ...

Despite being named Oxford Dictionary’s 2015 word of the year, and frequently topping the most-used emoji charts, this smiley is on the decline among gen Z – who decided in 2020 that it wasn’t cool ...

Maybe the black heart emoji isn't as hard to read as the skull or other emojis with double and triple meanings, but it's another one that has people guessing at times. Emojipedia X/@bedpup© X/@bedpup ...

An Irish emoji expert has predicted the most-used ones for 2025 and says the laughing face is “the millennial go-to” and is being swapped for the skull emoji by Gen-Z. Dubliner Keith Broni, 35 ...