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 ...

the same year that the cringe emoji, or grimacing face, debuted), then going full hockey stick in July 2016 (coincidentally or not, the month that Donald Trump took the nomination at the ...

So some emoji use, like that of the skull, can have meanings that older colleagues might find odd or confusing. But cynical humor has been a source of bonding for Gen Zers as they deal with ...