Teaching Grandpa How to Understand Emoji Meanings Like a Badass!

Welcome to Lesson #2 of our short 4-part blog post series that introduces Baby Boomers (and some Gen Xers) to the ins and outs of cell phone communications.  Today’s lesson focuses on emoji meanings.

Hopefully, you have been practicing the texting do’s and don’ts and abbreviations you learned in Lesson #1 – Texting 101.  If not, you may want to check that out before you read this post.

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What Time Is It?  It’s Emoji Time!

Now it is time to take your cell phone communications game to the next level.  As you learned on Monday, there is no room for complacency here at Prime Your Pump!

Today we are going to introduce you to Emojis, also known as Emoticons.  They are little icons or images that are inserted into a text message to convey an emotion, thought, idea etc.

In Lesson #1: Texting 101, we learned that people use texting abbreviations because it is easier than typing out the full thing they want to say.

Well, emojis are taking things up a notch, but more as a way to conclude a text by using them as punctuation.  Emojis can also be used to replace words in sentences, but a word of warning, some emojis have multiple meanings – so be careful!

Let’s Do Things a Little Differently This Week…

Now that you know what emojis are, let’s dig in and teach you some examples.  Just like we did in Lesson 1, we are going to leverage the 80-20 rule and introduce you to the 10 emojis that you will see the most often, according to a list revealed by Apple.

But instead of just listing them out, we are going to do things a bit differently this week.  We are going to play a little interactive game where we show you an emoji and give you 4 potential meanings for each.  Your task is to try and pick the correct meaning.

Hopefully, it will help you learn while at the same time having fun!  Ok, let’s play…

So how did you do?  I am sure you now have a good handle on the 10 most commonly used emoji meanings.  Make sure you tell us your score in the comments section below!

“What happens if someone sends me an emoji that we didn’t cover in the quiz above?” you ask.

No worries…

We Got Your Back When it Comes to Emoji Meanings!

Remain calm and simply click the link below which will take you to Emojipedia.

Take me to Emojipedia!

Ok, now that you know what the most common emojis mean, there are some rules that you need to learn before you start sending them.

Here is an infographic we created that will bring you up to speed on some important rules to follow when using emojis:

Like I said last week, there is only one way to get better at anything, and that is to practice. So, grab your cell phone and start sending emojis to all the special people in your life.  But make sure to follow the rules above!

That’s it for today’s lesson, not so bad, right?

Make sure you get some rest before next week because I will need your full attention when we move on to Lesson #3 – Selfies.

Use It or Lose It:

You are never too old to learn something new!  As it relates to texting:

  Follow the rules in the infographic above
  Learn and use the common emojis I have taught you.  You might just surprise some youngsters in your life!
  If someone sends you an emoji you don’t know, don’t panic!  Just click the link above to Emojipedia for a list of emoji meanings, and respond…
  Like anything in life, have fun with it!

When to Use It:

  When someone sends you a text containing emojis or when you want to punctuate a text to someone with a bit of emotion!  The key is to get in the game by practicing!

What Do You Think?

  Was this article helpful?  Do you have a better handle on emoji meanings now?  Do you think you will use them?  Let me know in the comments below!

Kk, that’s it 4 2days lesson!  😊

4 the girls – 😘

For the guys – 👊

Until next time, flex those 💪 don’t put up with any 💩 and as always…PYMFP!
–Rick

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