Ten years ago, if we told you that you would be writing to your friends and family messages that were essentially a series of images, you would think we were crazy. Yet, fast-forward to 2016 and emojis are all the rage, so much so that today (July 17) has been dubbed World Emoji Day.
Whether you’re praising your friend on that stunning new , or sending big to your parents or messaging your gym buddy about your next session, like it or not emojis have made it into our text vocab.
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In fact, it has made it in to the English Oxford Dictionary – “The similarity of the Japanese word emoji to the English word emoticon makes it easy for English speakers to remember, but the resemblance is entirely coincidental: emoji is derived ultimately from the Japanese words e (picture) and moji (letter, character), whereas emoticon is from the English words emotion and icon.”
Whether it’s on WhatsApp or Instagram, emojis are not leaving us anytime soon.
So, if you don’t use them perhaps it’s time to join the club. If you do use them, well here’s a breakdown of the most popular emojis used on Instagram*:
Top 5 emojis:
1. ❤
2.
3.
4.
5.
Top 5 food emojis:
1. Birthday Cake
2. Two Hops
3. ☕️ Coffee
4. Grape
5. Strawberry
Top 5 animal emojis:
1. Monkey (see no evil)
2. Dog
3. Monkey (speak no evil)
4. Bunny
5. Cat
Top 5 fashion emojis:
1.Lipstick
2. High heel
3. Blue dress
4. Bikini
5. Sneaker
Top 5 sports emojis:
1. Muscle/Weight lifting
2. ⚽️ Soccer
3. Swimming
4. Basketball
5. American Football
Also trending is #RealLifeEmojis:
Senbei (rice cookie):
Red Dress:
A photo posted by Cathrine Widunok Nissen (@rockpaperdresses) on
Swimmer:
Unicorn:
A photo posted by Sam Ushiro (@aww.sam) on
Rainbow lollipop:
Image: Getty
