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Miscellaneous See other Miscellaneous Articles Title: Say What? Oxford Dictionaries Names Emoji as ‘Word of the Year’ Sputnik... On Tuesday, Oxford Dictionaries made word lovers of the world groan and want to leave this planet, when they announced that their “Word of the Year” is not a word at all, but an emoji. ‘Duck Face’, ‘Cool Beans’ and ‘Obamacare’ Added by Oxford Dictionaries Officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, the laughing smiley face has taken the top spot this year despite the fact that it does not even contain any letters. “There were other strong contenders from a range of fields, outlined below, but ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015,” the Oxford Dictionaries announced in a statement. The internet commentary repeatedly noted that perhaps a ‘Word of the Year’ should actually appear in the dictionary, as well as the fact that it appears humans are devolving back to grunts and cave wall paintings. — Jacob Barton (@notrabbocaj) November 17, 2015 Words matter, and this is a slap in the face of language. "You can see how traditional alphabet scripts have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st Century communication. It’s not surprising that a pictographic script like emoji has stepped in to fill those gaps — it’s flexible, immediate, and infuses tone beautifully,” Casper Grathwohl, President of Oxford Dictionaries told the Telegraph. He explained that they chose ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji out of the slew of emoticons available as it was reportedly the most-used around the world last year. Apple Introduces New Racially Diverse Emoji Keyboard The shortlist of runner ups also raised some eyebrows, or perhaps we should say “eyebrows on fleek” as the phrase meaning “stylish” or “attractive” was also in the running. Other shortlisted words and phrases included sharing economy, they (to refer to a person of unspecified sex), ad blocker, refugee, Brexit, Dark Web, and lumbersexual (an urban man who cultivates an appearance and style of dress typified by a beard and check shirt, suggesting a rugged outdoor lifestyle). On second thought, perhaps it would be best if we did stop speaking altogether. Related: Ethnic Emojis Approved for Politically Correct Smileys Australian FM Emoji Interview Leaves More Questions Than Answers Who is Better at Languages? Dog Gives Baby a Lesson Drunk Dude Walks You Through Jurassic World [STRONG LANGUAGE] Judge Tried to Bribe FBI Agent With Beer to Get Family’s Texts Tags: Emoji, Face with Tears of Joy, Word of the Year, Oxford Dictionaries Read more: sputniknews.com/us/201511...-emoji.html#ixzz3rnnBymdB Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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