emoji
noun/ɪˈməʊ.dʒi/UK/ɪˈmoʊ.d͡ʒi/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). False cognate of English emotion and emoticon.
Definitions
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object,…
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.
- In order to communicate quickly, many mobile phone users use emoji characters (similar to emoticons) while sending messages. Service providers have also created a set of emoji characters and have added support for it.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for emoji. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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