reporting from san francisco — When the Oxford English Dictionary declared an emoji its 2015 word of the year, it was a bit of a head-scratcher. The emoji it singled out — an image of a ...

“Emoji are becoming an increasingly rich form of communication, one that transcends linguistic borders,” he said in a statement. And their choice for the word of the year, he added, embodies ...

Although that emoji is top "word" - following in the footsteps of "vape", "selfie" and "omnishambles" - there are no plans to include the icons themselves in any Oxford dictionary. According to ...

Every year, Oxford Dictionaries’ lexicographers chose a word that captures the year’s biggest trends or changes in the English language. The organization knew it wanted to pick an emoji for 2015.

it is just not a word. It's an emoji, after all, or an emoticon, or a pictograph. Now, I'm all in favor of playfulness when it comes to matters linguistic. And I'm entirely persuaded that it's ...

it's not even a word. It's an emoji. It seems strange, since if anyone would know what the definition of the word word is, you'd think it would be dictionary editors. Alas, the publishers behind ...

Oxford dictionaries' word of the year for 2015 isn't a word at all, it's an emoji. Oxford announced on Monday that its official word of the year for 2015 was the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji.