These are the emoticons and emojis and they are ubiquitous in all electronic media. Did you think emoticons and emojis are same? Emojis show everything in a pictorial form, such as painted nails, lipstick, flowers, family, cars and other stuff. The hugging face, a face displayed with open hands, the two pink love hearts are all much-used emojis. What the older generation thinks as a smirk is a flirting face for the young.

Source: The Telegraph February 04, 2018 18:45 UTC