Life can be ridiculous, one survivor writes. Just over a year ago, I learned I have a very rare, aggressive form of soft-tissue sarcoma that metastasized after treatment. Phyllodes tumor is so rare ...

Emojis have become part of everyday life and our vocabulary, with many people relying on them heavily as a form of communication. In-jokes, subtle references and even NSFW words are now expressed via ...

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Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily — but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day. (For ...

I regret to inform you that the Face With Tears of Joy emoji is over. It is not cool anymore. It is actually hated. This is quite a fall; in 2015, it was the word of the year, according to the Oxford ...