Gen Zers have done it again... they've changed the rules just as we have got our head around the last set of them.
🎯The target this time: emojis.
Here’s how to make sense of them (or at least try to)
🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/women/life/smi…
🎯The target this time: emojis.
Here’s how to make sense of them (or at least try to)
🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/women/life/smi…
There’s bad news if you’re over 30 and believe your habit of sprinkling communications with emoji confetti would somehow make you seem cooler, younger, more in touch...
❌You thought you understood the game - but Gen Z have only gone and declared war
Here's the ones to avoid👇
❌You thought you understood the game - but Gen Z have only gone and declared war
Here's the ones to avoid👇
🙂The smiley face
The one you thought was untouchable; that could never come to signify a male appendage without you realising.
A smiley face emoji deployed in a text or email can come across as patronising or passive-aggressive to teens and 20-somethings
The one you thought was untouchable; that could never come to signify a male appendage without you realising.
A smiley face emoji deployed in a text or email can come across as patronising or passive-aggressive to teens and 20-somethings
😂The cry-laughing face
How you use it: When something is a tiny bit funny, averagely funny or rolling on the floor laughing funny.
How the kids use it: They don’t, because they’ve decided it’s for boomers, which confusingly now means anyone over 35.
Replacement: ☠️
How you use it: When something is a tiny bit funny, averagely funny or rolling on the floor laughing funny.
How the kids use it: They don’t, because they’ve decided it’s for boomers, which confusingly now means anyone over 35.
Replacement: ☠️
👍The thumbs up
How you use it: To mean great, fine, no probs
How the kids use it: They don’t, it’s for loser millennials and boomers and basically anyone over 30.
A poll of 2,000 young people (16-29) found 1/4 thought the thumbs up was only used by people who are “ancient”
How you use it: To mean great, fine, no probs
How the kids use it: They don’t, it’s for loser millennials and boomers and basically anyone over 30.
A poll of 2,000 young people (16-29) found 1/4 thought the thumbs up was only used by people who are “ancient”
❤️The red love heart
How you use it: To show your appreciation for anything cute and adorable.
How the kids use it: Again, they don’t, because it’s for geriatrics.
Replacement: 🔥
How you use it: To show your appreciation for anything cute and adorable.
How the kids use it: Again, they don’t, because it’s for geriatrics.
Replacement: 🔥
😭The loudly crying face
How you use it: To signify something is sad or awful
How the kids use it: To express excitement, frustration, anger, laughter and pretty much anything else
How you use it: To signify something is sad or awful
How the kids use it: To express excitement, frustration, anger, laughter and pretty much anything else
⁉️Do you use emojis?
"If there’s an emoji that means 'Why do semiotics have to be so confusing when life is hard enough?' I’d like to know where to find it"✍️ @RosaSilverman
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