(pronounced eh-moh-jee) is the Japanese term for the picture characters or emoticons used in Japanese electronic messages and webpages. Originally meaning pictograph, the word literally means "picture" + "letter". The characters are used much like emoticons elsewhere, but a wider range is provided, and the icons are standardized and built into the handsets.
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Turn emoji into awful abominations on this drag-and-drop site
Update: The site seems to be down, sadly enough. Trust me when I say you'll be doing yourself a favor when you waste the ...
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Facebook Messenger finally lets you resize any emoji
You know how you can send giant thumb-ups on Messenger by holding down the like button? (If not, you can send a giant ...
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Here's a neat one stop shop for creating animated text GIFs
Want to get your meme on with a slab of text? Try this site which makes it easy to create animated text GIFs. I made mine ...
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This app allows you to send rejected emoji to your friends
Declined Emoji: part 1 opens up a world of rejected emoji you never knew existed. Get ready for conversations full of inflating ...
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Here are the 70 new emoji coming to iOS
Poised to celebrate World Emoji Day on July 17, Apple has released previews of the next 70 emoji coming to iPhone, iPad, ...
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Redheads finally get recognition with ginger emoji
The Unicode 11.0 update brings 157 new emoji including the ginger emoji. Redheads will finally be represented but our smartphones ...
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Apple's emojified execs sure look awful as humans
Today's World Emoji Day. To celebrate this stupid holiday I turned Apple's executive staff – who had some poor corporate ...
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A brief history of the world's most controversial emoji
In the vast library of emoji, one has been the subject of overwhelming scrutiny and debate. Here's everything you need to ...
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Trump inauguration kicked off the 'angriest' period in Facebook's history
According to a new study by Pew Research Center, social media users are angrier than they've ever been -- at least as best ...
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🚡 is no longer Twitter’s most unpopular emoji
The aerial tramway was the least used emoji after 77 days as of yesterday. Thanks to @leastUsedEmoji, the ABCD emoji is officially ...
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Period emoji could smash the stigma surrounding menstruation
Plan UK have designed five emoji that represent the period. This campaign is in aid of period poverty and encouraging people ...
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How the new mosquito emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
The mosquito emoji was released as a part of the iOS 12.1 update. It's hoped that it will help battle mosquito-bourne diseases ...
