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Definition emoji in American English

emoji noun

[countable] noun
/ɪˈmoʊdʒi/

The word emoji was coined in Japan in the 1990s and comes from two Japanese words, e meaning "picture" and moji meaning "letter or character."

Example

The people I follow on Twitter almost never use emojis.

Example

Sometimes I'm lazy and just send a heart emoji.

Example

Some have claimed that emoji are an emerging language that could soon compete with English in global usage.

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Definition emoji in American English