That’s right – for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a pictograph: 😂, officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names. There were other strong contenders from a range of fields, outlined below, but 😂 was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.
Why was this chosen?Emojis (the plural can be either emoji or emojis) have been around since the late 1990s, but 2015 saw their use, and use of the word emoji, increase hugely.This year Oxford University Press have partnered with leading mobile technology business SwiftKey to explore frequency and usage statistics for some of the most popular emoji across the world, and 😂 was chosen because it was the most used emoji globally in 2015. SwiftKey identified that 😂 made up 20% of all the emojis used in the UK in 2015, and 17% of those in the US: a sharp rise from 4% and 9% respectively in 2014. The word emoji has seen a similar surge: although it has been found in English since 1997, usage more than tripled in 2015 over the previous year according to data from the Oxford Dictionaries Corpus.
Is this a joke?
3 different countries have been attacked by ISIS, police killed a shit ton of unarmed people[emoji23] sums up the year
😂 was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.
Quote[emoji23] was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.The Baga massacre Ceasefire during the Ukraine conflict broken 139 times Ancient Middle Eastern historical sites destroyed by ISIL ISIL forms an alliance with Boko Haram 148 people killed by Islamic terrorists at Garissa University Two 7.0+ earthquakes in Nepal causes 9200+ deaths ISIL claims responsibility for four attacks around Ramadan An Indonesian Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in a residential area, causing 143 deaths The Greek government-debt crisis Bangkok bombing kills 20 A stampede in Mecca kills 2200 people A suicide bomber kills 100 people at a peace rally in Turkey Hurricane Patricia, though only killing 8, destroyed several small communities, ruining hundreds of lives 7.5 earthquake in the Hindu Kush region kills over 900 Flight KGL9268 crashes, killing all 221 passengers Paris endures a series of terrorist attacks, resulting in 129 deaths oh, but we saw pluto and legalized gay marriage in two countriesyay
[emoji23] was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.
Quote😂 was chosen as the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.The Baga massacre Ceasefire during the Ukraine conflict broken 139 times Ancient Middle Eastern historical sites destroyed by ISIL ISIL forms an alliance with Boko Haram 148 people killed by Islamic terrorists at Garissa University Two 7.0+ earthquakes in Nepal causes 9200+ deaths ISIL claims responsibility for four attacks around Ramadan An Indonesian Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in a residential area, causing 143 deaths The Greek government-debt crisis Bangkok bombing kills 20 A stampede in Mecca kills 2200 people A suicide bomber kills 100 people at a peace rally in Turkey Hurricane Patricia, though only killing 8, destroyed several small communities, ruining hundreds of lives 7.5 earthquake in the Hindu Kush region kills over 900 Flight KGL9268 crashes, killing all 221 passengers Paris endures a series of terrorist attacks, resulting in 129 deaths oh, but we saw pluto and legalized gay marriage in two countriesyay
well, here's all their WOTYs from the past decade2014. "Vape." I'm fucking dead serious.2013. "Selfie." I've never not cringed at this one before.2012. "GIF," as a verb. Never seen it used as a verb before.2011. "Squeezed middle," referring to the middle-class squeeze.2010. "Refudiate." A portmanteau of "refuse" and "repudiate" coined by Mrs. Sarah Palin herself.2009. "Unfriend."2008. "Hypermiling." That's when you're driving, and you're trying to be as fuel-efficient as possible.2007. "Locavore." Someone who only eats local food, I... guess.2006. "Carbon-neutral." Why? I have no idea.2005. "Podcast."2004. "Chav."
Quote from: A Velociraptor on November 17, 2015, 12:52:19 PMFaith in humanity = below negative infinity.Oh cool, people still post this autistic shit
Faith in humanity = below negative infinity.
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