Are You Happy Now? Oxford Dictionaries’ Word Of The Year Is A Damn Emoji

@yoda / 2:23 pm PST • November 16, 2015

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I was raised to trust everything the dictionary told me, but damn. What is going on with the world? Today, ~~BuzzFeed~~ Oxford Dictionaries named its 2015 “Word Of The Year” and it’s not a word at all.

It’s the “tears of joy” emoji.

This.

THIS.

Here’s what the ~~monsters~~ dictionary had to say:

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.

Total Bull.