2015 was far more rat emoji than it was tears of laughter emoji This week, in either an excellent or terrible bit of stunt-choosing, the Oxford English Dictionary picked the “crying with laughter” ...

Oxford Dictionaries chose an emoji as its 2015 Word of the Year. Even by Oxford's own definition, it is just not a word: It's an emoticon or a... I love my battered old copy of The Concise Oxford ...

The Oxford Dictionary's 2015 word of the year was awarded to something that isn't necessarily a word, though it definitely paints a picture worth, perhaps, a thousand or so of them. The "tears of joy" ...

The lexicographers at Oxford Dictionaries have chosen their Word of the Year, and it's likely going to vex some language snobs -- mostly due to the fact that it's not actually a word, in the ...

Oxford Dictionaries has named its pick for Word of the Year — and it’s less a pick than a pic. That’s right: out of all the newly popular “words” to capture the “ethos, mood, and preoccupations of ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

Oxford dictionaries' word of the year for 2015 isn't a word at all, it's an emoji. Oxford announced on Monday that its official word of the year for 2015 was the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji. This ...

We hope you like emoji, because you’re going to be seeing a whole lot more of them when iOS 10 makes its public debut this fall. Apple is introducing a new feature for its built-in QuickType keyboard ...

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