Tyler Schnoebelen has discovered something curious about why people use the skull emoji. Schnoebelen is a linguist and the chief analyst for Idibon, a firm that interprets linguistic data.

It is accessible using the Skull Trooper Emoji at the western most point of the map. Where is the Skull Trooper emoji? (weren’t they calling these ‘emoticons’?), that would be in tier 58 of ...

More info 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 ...