(Oxford Dictionary)
The prestigious Oxford Dictionary has chosen as word of the year emoji, not the word “emoji”, used to refer to all the little cartoons that are often used in digital communications but one of those ideograms specifically, laughing with tears in her eyes.
“For the first time the word of the year for the Oxford Dictionary is a pictogram, officially called Face With tears of joy (emoji face with tears of joy), although you may know him by other names. [...] He was elected as the word that best reflects the ethos, mood and concerns of 2015, “says Oxford Dictionary on your website.
This choice has much to do with the huge increase in the use Pictograms in digital communications. Although the emoji emoticons and began to gain popularity in the early 90s, the development of mobile telephony and the popularization of applications like Whatsapp has soared use.
The fact that this has been specifically emoji the choice is not arbitrary. The University of Oxford, in collaboration with the company Swiftkey mobile technology, which has detected the most used for its users.The winner emojis are smiling face was in tears most used emoji in 2015 worldwide.
As an example of its use, two facts are mentioned: this sum emoji 20% of all used in the UK and 17% of all used in the United States. Oxford University has also detected a large increase in the use of pelabra “emoji”. “The emojis are not dedicated to teens who send text messages, but have been accepted as a form of nuanced expression, one that can also cross language barriers,” he said.
It also revealed other eight finalists vying for the title word of the year, eight terms between those who are “refugee”, “sharing economy”, “ad blocker” and “lumbersexual”.
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