Of those, about 15 per cent were comprised of only emoji and no words. McCulloch says that data suggests most people tend to use emojis with words rather than to replace words — which flies in the ...

A crowd gathered at Eyebeam Dec. 13 for a talk capping off the two-day exhibition, “I Have No Words: Emoji and the New Visual Vernacular.” ...

That’s evolution.” He calls it the new language. Little wonder then, the Oxford Dictionary anointed an emoji as its 2015 ‘Word of the Year’ (the Face with Tears of Joy).

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 ...

Much like Word of the Year “vape” before it, the “face with tears of joy” emoji (😂) has been selected as the supreme utterance of 2015 by Oxford Dictionaries. Suck it, actual words.

The esteemed minds at Oxford Dictionaries have unveiled their choice for 2015 Word of the Year, and for the first time ever, it's not even a word. It's an emoji.

Their research showed the "Face with Tears of Joy" (or whatever you might call it) accounted for 17 percent of all emoji use in the U.S. and 20 percent in the U.K. this year. That's a rise from 9 ...

Whether you enjoy adding the fun and colourful icons to your words or not, emojis have become an integral part of mobile messaging. In honour of World Emoji Day, here are 17 facts about emojis: 1.