In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their Word of the Year was the emoji 'Face with Tears of Joy ... explaining the difference between emoticons and emoji, Professor Vyv ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message, and when you throw emoji in the mix things get ...

The tear emoji is a sad face with a single tear running from one eye, down the cheek. It shows a stronger sense of hurt rather than general sadness. The crying face emoji first appeared in 2010 ...