Emojis - the eponymous lexicon of a modern age - are moving their way off our iPhones and into the workplace.
More than two thirds of millennials believe there is a place for emoticons in the office, according to a new study from Microsoft and YouGov.
And while you might balk at the idea of sending a smiley face to your boss, 40% of those quizzed in the survey think that emojis help to personalise messages at work.
But there does seem to be a caveat to this preference. Nearly all of the millennials questioned - 88% - said they use emojis primarily to communicate with colleagues who are also friends.
In other words, their work wives, rather than managers or clients.
The same millennials also welcomed emojis when receiving positive feedback from their peers and superiors.
In this context, emoticons made them feel "happy and proud".
On the flip-side, they said emojis did little to soften the blow of a critical messages at work, and did not help to make difficult situations less awkward.
So, think carefully before you fire off that fist-bump graphic on a round-robin email.
Millennials might like it, or they might not. It all depends on the nuance.
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