Oxford Dictionaries chose the emoji “Face with 1 er u Tears of Joy(as )the word of the year in 2015( for its ne wr global popularity. This is the first time that an emoji) te something other than a wordbwas chosen. Statistias) p 5 show that among more than 1,000 emojis, “Face with st over [st Tears of Joy” was used most often in the US and the UK 20 22 in 2015. The first emojis were created(for mobile phones by a [m Japanese designer in 1999. Emojis became popular [2 m のたのに 10 among young people all over the world soon after mobile phones with emoji support were released. Now they are re spreading among other generations. Emojis are becoming a universal “language.” They 3 convey an idea or emotion without words. Also, they can em 15 add joy and intimacy to our communication. As a result, ad int they promote communication across generations, int cultures, and language barriers. pro [pre