You use emojis every day and on every platform. For personal or professional life. Every keyboard today includes them. Facebook Messenger points out that Users send about 5,000 emoticons a day. And yet, you don’t know the true meaning of many of them.
A recent survey by Slack and Duolingo reveals that 57% of people believe that a message without an emoji is incomplete. More than two-thirds of respondents use emoji when messaging friends (73%) and family (68%), but things get a little more nuanced in the workplace. 30% never use emojis with his boss. This trend changes with each generation, which implements the use of emoticons.
Above all, because of the fear of misinterpreting them, since in the end they are part of a non-literary language of their own, so each person can give them a certain meaning.
The emojis that create the most confusion
💸 The money with wings emoji can be interpreted in several ways. A loss or an inflow of money? 28% of respondents believe it is a “loss” compared to 31% who think of “abundance.” This also varies by country. In Japan, for example, 59% are more likely to associate it with a loss of money.
🙂 The face with the shy smile is another one that generates uncertainty. While 38% of respondents believe it implies feeling happy, 39% believe it conveys “general positivity.” However, many other people (14%) He interprets it as “deep exasperation and/or distrust.”
👀 The eyes that look also have several meanings. For 36% of respondents it literally means I see you or I’m watching you. Another 26% means they are waiting to hear some news and others, however, use it to check that they are checking something.
💩 The famous “Whastapp poop” is another one to misinterpret. For some it means that something is wrong, that it is rubbish or that they have a “brown”. However For others, it means “good luck.”
😉 The winking face seems very innocent and even a symbol of approval, a joke or “OK”. But in countries like In the UK, almost a third of the population uses it when they are feeling flirtatious.
The forbidden emojis
According to this survey, 67% of people feel closer and more connected in a conversation when they message someone who understands the emoji they are using. But it’s better not to use these in the work environment.
The eggplant emoji 🍆 for most people does not mean a vegetable per se, but rather flirtatiousness, as does the peach 🍑. The kiss mark 💋 and the tongue 👅 are also considered globally forbidden for work.
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