Emojis

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 2015)

Like acronyms, emojis communicate instantly to those in the know.

Faces Emoji

😄 😃 😀 😊 ☺ 😉 😍 😘 😚 😗 😙 😜 😝 😛 😳 😁 😔 😌 😒 😞 😣 😢 😂 😭 😪 😥 😰 😅 😓 😩 😫 😨 😱 😠 😡 😤 😖 😆 😋 😷 😎 😴 😵 😲 😟 😦 😧 😈 👿 😮 😬 😐 😕 😯 😶 😇 😏 😑 👲 👳 👮 👷 💂 👶 👦 👧 👨 👩 👴 👵 👱 👼 👸

Cat Faces Emoji

😺 😸 😻 😽 😼 🙀 😿 😹 😾

Other Faces Emoji

👹 👺 🙈 🙉 🙊 💀 👽 💩

Misc. Emoji

🔥 ✨ 🌟 💫 💥 💢 💦 💧 💤 💨 👂 👀 👃 👅 👄 👍 👎 👌 👊 ✊ ✌ 👋 ✋ 👐 👆 👇 👉 👈 🙌 🙏 ☝ 👏 💪 🚶 🏃 💃 👫 👪 👬 👭 💏 💑 👯 🙆 🙅 💁 🙋 💆 💇 💅 👰 🙎 🙍 🙇

Clothes and Accessories Emoji

🎩 👑 👒 👟 👞 👡 👠 👢 👕 👔 👚 👗 🎽 👖 👘 👙 💼 👜 👝 👛 👓 🎀 🌂 💄

Hearts 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 
 
:-) 
 
:-( 

**