“For younger people, the thumbs-up emoji is used to be really passive-aggressive,” a 24-year-old Redditor wrote. “It’s super rude if someone just sends you a thumbs up,” they added.

An emoji etiquette expert from Dublin, Ireland says you should avoid sending a 'passive aggressive' thumbs up to a Gen Z and a 'slight smile' might be taken the wrong way.

A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text. According to court documents from the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan in March 2021, grain ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive, or ...

For reference, iOS 17.4 was the release that brought the last batch of new emoji. Now if only we can get an iPad/tablet emoji one of these days… Which new emoji do you expect to use most?

This emoji might be synonymous with "peace, man" in a lot of places, but in the UK it's definitely not a friendly gesture. The V-sign, as it's known in Blighty, basically means "f*ck off." ...