Emoji Timeline

A timeline of cultural and technical events in the history of emoji

2015

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Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year 2015

The "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji wins the title of "Word of the Year" 2015 —the first time a non-word has won top honors. Oxford Dictionaries felt the pictograph "best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015."