Emojis #
A new quirky communication phenomenon originated in Japan in 1999 in response to limited texting constraints. Lack of copyright meant they spread like wildfire because they communicate immediately with attitude
- a visual potency, transcending language barriers. Samantha Edwards – Vandenboek, a lecturer in digital and social visual communications at Swinburne University says that “emojis are an effective way to add tone and zest to text-based communication”. They originate from the earliest forms of expression, cave paintings, pictograms and hieroglyphics. (Excerpted from Rose Powell, Spectrum April 4 – 5
Like acronyms, emojis communicate instantly to those in the know.
Faces Emoji
😄 😃 😀 😊 ☺ 😉 😍 😘 😚 😗 😙 😜 😝 😛 😳 😁 😔 😌 😒 😞 😣 😢 😂 😭 😪 😥 😰 😅 😓 😩 😫 😨 😱 😠 😡 😤 😖 😆 😋 😷 😎 😴 😵 😲 😟 😦 😧 😈 👿 😮 😬 😐 😕 😯 😶 😇 😏 😑 👲 👳 👮 👷 💂 👶 👦 👧 👨 👩 👴 👵 👱 👼 👸
Cat Faces Emoji
😺 😸 😻 😽 😼 🙀 😿 😹 😾
Other Faces Emoji
👹 👺 🙈 🙉 🙊 💀 👽 💩
Misc. Emoji
🔥 ✨ 🌟 💫 💥 💢 💦 💧 💤 💨 👂 👀 👃 👅 👄 👍 👎 👌 👊 ✊ ✌ 👋 ✋ 👐 👆 👇 👉 👈 🙌 🙏 ☝ 👏 💪 🚶 🏃 💃 👫 👪 👬 👭 💏 💑 👯 🙆 🙅 💁 🙋 💆 💇 💅 👰 🙎 🙍 🙇
Clothes and Accessories Emoji
🎩 👑 👒 👟 👞 👡 👠 👢 👕 👔 👚 👗 🎽 👖 👘 👙 💼 👜 👝 👛 👓 🎀 🌂 💄
💛 💙 💜 💚 ❤ 💔 💗 💓 💕 💖 💞 💘 💌 💋 💍 💎 👤 👥 💬 👣 💭
A new phenomenon called
emoticons
**We all know those cute little computer symbols called ’emoticons,'
where:
:) means a smile and
:( is a frown.
Sometimes these are represented by
:-)
:-(
**