Twitter Launches New Emoji for Users to Express Gratitude ... Your iPhone Teddy’s suggested idea shows a yellow smiley face with glasses but no front teeth. As of Wednesday afternoon ...

Teddy, a proud glasses-wearer, finds the current emoji “offensive and insulting ... thin frames, and a small smiley face, steering away from what he describes as “horrible rabbit teeth.” ...

The ‘nerd’ emoji is one of dozens that feature ... Teddy Cottle, 10, thinks the current smiley face, which features thick-rimmed glasses and prominent teeth is offensive to people like him ...

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 ...

and then it’s got a little smiley face instead ... love to see the Genius emoji become a reality,” one comment read. Another commenter agreed, writing: “I wear glasses and so does my boy.

which depicts a bright yellow smiley face with thick-rimmed glasses and protruding front teeth. The Oxfordshire boy says the emoji and its title are “offensive” and reinforce stereotypes ...

Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each different ...

The iconic smiley face image, now also an online emoji, was invented by Harvey Ball ... followed by smileys with glasses: 8-) and winking smileys: ;-). And things were just getting rolling.

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.