It's official: Oxford Dictionaries word of the year isn't a word at all, it's "face-with-tears-of-joy," the most globally used emoji in 2015. The smiley face with oversized tears made up a whopping 20 ...

In the further decline of modern culture, an emoji has officially been announced as Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year. But not just any emoji, specifically the “face with tears of joy” emoji.

Last week, the Oxford English Dictionaries announced its annual selection for Word of the Year. It was not “fleek,” or “Brexit” or “lumbersexual,” though all three of these were runners-up. The ...

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" ...

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” ...

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In a move that would probably cause George Orwell to roll over in his grave, the dictionary maker announced on Monday that this year’s word of the year was the “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji. Emojis ...

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, ...

So, hey, in case you haven't already heard, the Oxford Dictionaries 2015 Word of the Year has been announced — and it's… possibly not actually a word. The “Face With Tears of Joy” emoji is 2015's Word ...

The emoji, it seems, has gone mainstream. Still often seen, on occasion with disdain, as something only adolescents, or the immature, would bother with, it now appears that emojis are, if not a ...