Oxford Dictionary names emoji 'word of the year' - here are five better options
by Hannah Jane Parkinson from on (#TWBP)
The OUP is trying to be innovative by selecting the crying-face emoji for its coveted top spot, but it's one of the least emotive - and not even a word
I have no words to describe it. Oxford Dictionaries, as owned by the Oxford University Press (OUP), has announced its "word" of the year is " not a word. It's an emoji.
To be precise, it's the "tears of joy" emoji. Which makes me very "crying face emoji", because the tears of joy emoji certainly doesn't deserve to be emoji - sorry, word - of the year.
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