Smiley faces, love hearts ... of the Year' in 2015 wasn't actually a word at all - it was the Face With Tears emoji, which shows just how influential the little graphic images have become.

In fact, the loudly crying emoji is an example of how different people and generations have adapted the original meanings of emojis, with this emoticon traditionally portraying a feeling of ...

In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their Word of the Year was the emoji 'Face with Tears of Joy ... have been the first to use an emoticon Whilst explaining the difference ...