Are you confused by emoji?

New survey explains the most confounding and misused images.

Author

Leander Kahney
April 26, 2023

I’m an old fossil, so I’m not very good with emoji.

In fact, I only use three with any regularity — 👍, 👎 and 😆.

And lo and behold, if someone sends me a message with an unfamiliar emoji in it, like this one: 💁‍♀️ WTF does that mean?

If, like me, you need a basic course in these incredibly popular symbols, see our top post today, which lays out the most confusing and misused emoji.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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What happens in most companies is that you don't keep great people under working environments where individual accomplishment is discouraged rather than encouraged. The great people leave and you end up with mediocrity. I know, because that's how Apple was built. Apple is an Ellis Island company. Apple is built on refugees from other companies. These are the extremely bright individual contributors who were troublemakers at other companies.

— Steve Jobs, 1985.

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