emoji

[ih-moh-jee]

noun

plural

emoji, emojis 

1. Digital Technology.,  a small digital picture or pictorial symbol that represents a thing, feeling, concept, etc., used in text messages and other electronic communications and usually part of a standardized set.

   She texted me an emoji of “money with wings,” which probably means she’s out shopping.

Word History and Origins

Origin of emoji¹

First recorded in 1990–95; from Japanese: literally, “pictograph,” equivalent to e “picture, drawing” + moji “(written) character, letter”; kaomoji ( def. )

Example Sentences

For the most part, what everyone came back with “looked like an emoji: a square and two windows and a door,” she told MarketWatch.

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For the most part, what everyone came back with “looked like an emoji: a square and two windows and a door,” she told MarketWatch.

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One economist messaged a Journal reporter late Wednesday night with an emoji showing celebratory party poppers.

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Another one responded to the video with their own theory: a set of alien emojis.

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In the social-media response to his death, hundreds of thousands of Americans clicked the laughing emoji on their feeds, mocking health insurers while sharing their own frustrations with the system.

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