Emojis have slowly and surreptuously crept into our daily lives.It may look trite or childish, but it’s definitely not a passing fad.It has unbottled an army of icons to express our nauced feelings at just a click of a button.
Originated in Japan ,it tiptoed it’s way to popular culture after Google and Apple added it in Unicode Standard of 2010 .The Oxford English Dictionary declared it the word of the year in 2015 And like the cliche goes , ‘The rest is history!’
The users phone is armed with a palette of emojis to convey ones nuanced feelings from ‘flabbergasted’, to ‘disgruntled,’ and every thing in between.It has tailor made emojis to convey feelings like ‘ tickled pink,’ ‘flustered,’ to a ‘blush’, ready to be explored.The pack is insane ,you will find yourself dumbscrolling with an amused look .It adds drama to a banal digital banter.
Banter with family is tempered with these;’soft smile,’ ‘huge grin ‘,to ‘bashful’ ‘shy’ or ‘ tearful,’ at a sob story ,all have their moments
It’s a field day when it comes to chats with friends; you can have ‘playful,” goofy ,’ ‘smirk,’ all stacked up to add that element of fun and quirk
‘Folded hands’ emoji and emoji with a halo are oft repeated ones across mileu and generation Little semantic difference could be there on the interpretations but they are still high on popularity
To add to the fun ,emoji has a companion called GIF Both are mobile friendly and lace the conversation with punch and humour With the advent of smart phone,there has been a spike . Interesting format keeps the users hooked across different platforms
These super creative icons easily grab attention and can jazz up any chat It may have become uquituous or done to death ,still it is here to stay, not like any other passing trend or a fad .
