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In recent years, emojis have been growing in popularity as a way to express feelings and ideas through a single image. With over two thousand available, these pictographic representations of objects or people create a greater connection on sensitive topics where words may be difficult to speak. But this has also created an interesting new species on the internet: the emojikiller! When someone on your blog decides to use an emoji in place of a word or sentence, it’s up to you as the person reading the text to figure out what it means. Emojis can take on a variety of roles: they can be used as actual words and sentences, as sarcasm, and as a simple way to express emotions. Words can be replaced with emojis for many reasons: laziness, quickness, or simply because the emoji is more concise to use. In an article called "A Language Lesson from Emojis", author Von Alexander writes that emojis seem to have been created mostly for convenience purposes since they are familiar and easier to use than traditional words. An emoji does not require a word’s entire alphabet, numbers, or punctuation to make a complete thought. They are just a graphical representation of its meaning, and they stay the same throughout time, so they can be translated to other languages. Without their proper translation, emojis go unnoticed. Von Alexander concludes that “it is the use of emoji that makes language so accessible to anyone who has an iPhone or an Android” (¹). This highlights a main reason why people online use them: it’s easier to express your feelings with a plain, simple image rather than a word-filled text. Generally speaking, people may use emojis for any reason. The most frequent uses of emojis seem to be words used in place of other words or sentences. These often appear when people are responding to text messages, where space is limited and emojis take up less space than words. Some may use emojis as a way of expressing emotion or sarcasm. Some may use it as a way to avoid saying something that they deem too offensive or embarrassing. Others do it for comedic effect, such as reacting to awkward situations on the spot with funny images. On popular social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, emojis can be seen in messages and comments all over the place: "tweets about the first day of school", "emoji-themed playlists", and "status updates about friends’ alter egos. ” These numbers do not include the millions of emojis that are sent and shared daily, and it is assumed that this number will continue to grow. As of 2013, emojis seem to be used more on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter than in online forums or blogs where words tend to dominate. There are certain words people use when it comes to social media such as “fave” (favorite), “totes” (totally), and “srsly” (seriously). These particular posts can be seen on almost any user's page. Like the article suggests, there has been a change in language over the years. cfa1e77820
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