Every year, the Oxford English Dictionary chooses a word of the year. This time, however, he clearly wanted to approach the younger population, as he chose the emoticon "face with tears of joy" as the word of the year in 2015. In a press release, the Oxford English Dictionary supported their choice with a statement that the smiley emoticon in question best reflects the ethos and mood of the English-speaking population in 2015.
V Oxford English Dictionary they include new ones four times a year words and phrases, which are in use, as well as innovations regarding the use of already known words. Every year they also choose word of the year. This year it's not a word, but an emoticon that shows a smiling smiley or "a face with tears of joy".
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With the news that the most used word of the year in the English-speaking world in 2015 was the teary-eyed emoticon, we are almost as warm in our hearts as last year, when the word of the year was chosen as the emoticon for heart.
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