Oxford Dictionaries announced the emoji
of the picture, commonly known as ‘Face with Tears of Joy’, as its “Word” of
the Year for 2015.
This year, instead of choosing a
traditional word, Oxford Dictionaries has chosen a picture to reflect the
increase in popularity of emoji across the world in 2015.
It is a little bit weird to make an
emoji a “Word” of the year especially because it is the first time that Oxford
Dictionary chooses a picture and not a real word. It is fun to see that formal
platforms are getting into the “teens world” and it is wonderful that they are
willing to get into the emoji world. Right now, not only do teenagers use the
phone but everyone does. Most of the time, when we text we add and emoji at the
end of the sentence to be more friendly and funny. I don’t really use them
because I am too lazy to search them, but everyone else does. Lately, Apple has
been adding more and more emoji in the collection. Most of them are useless and
random.
I think emoji are fun and they can help
us understand the mood of the person and I think it is great that Oxford
Dictionary has chosen one of them as the “Word” of the year. I know last year
they chose the word selfie which I hate so much. That is why I am glad that
this year they have chosen my favourite emoji.
A lot of people are shocked about this
release, even Ellen DeGeneres, a really famous woman, who has a very popular
show, has commented about it. In her program she laughs at them for picking an emoji
and not a real word. She explains that there was an actual word that was a
runner-up for the word of the year: Lumbersexual which describes someone who
wears word boots, a plaid shirt and has scruffy hair.
In conclusion, I am glad that they have
chosen the emoji instead of Lumbersexual. And as it is my favourite emoji, I am
really happy with the choice they have made.
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