The use of laughter acronyms and emojis in our writing hints that laughter itself may be best understood as a means of conveying important, socially relevant information.

We use emojis more than we realise. They slip into texts, captions, DMs– sometimes without a second thought. But the ones we tap the most say a lot about how we’re feeling, what kind of humour we get, ...

ANGLOPHONE NOVELISTS describing amusement are laughing all the way to the bank. Depending on context, characters can chortle, chuckle, titter, hoot, giggle, snigger, howl or guffaw. This richness of ...

Gender, culture, and age all appear to play a role in how emojis are interpreted, according to a new study. Gender, culture, and age all appear to play a role in how emojis are interpreted, according ...