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 * Emoji (絵文字 or えもじ)** are the ideograms or smileys used in Japanese electronic messages. Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji literally means "picture" ([|e]) + "character" ([|moji]). These icons are standardized and built into the handsets. - [|Wikipedia]

Also see: emoticon


 * July 17** appears to be [|#WorldEmojiDay][[image:https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags/World_Emoji_Dayv2/World_Emoji_Dayv2.png link="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash"]]

Headlines
http://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/11/16/oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-emoji

Examples https://www.emojibase.com/emoji/1f4fb/radio

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Check Out These New Emojis for Foodies] [] [] []

Burger https://twitter.com/i/moments/924577354273509377

Wikipedia
[|Emoji]

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https://twitter.com/i/moments/844637170363191301

http://www.thisisinsider.com/new-emoji-candidates-spring-2017-ranked-2017-3

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/the-aubergine-incident:-emoji-language,-where-and-eggplant-is-j/8430650

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