Back in the heady pre-Covid days of 2015, Oxford Dictionaries picked the “face with tears of joy” as its word of the year. It makes sense, when you think about it, that the laugh-cry emoji has ...

But he still predicts old favourites such as the smiling face, crying laughing and red heart emojis will remain popular for 2025. Keith, who is editor of emoji website Emojipedia, said ...