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The Face with Tears of Joy emoji has become the most recognisable expression of our times—digital shorthand for laughter, relief, irony, even passive aggression. It’s on WhatsApp groups, official ...

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In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary declared the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji its Word of the Year, an event that marked ...

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After a forgotten WW2 propaganda poster was discovered in 2000, it found an astounding new resonance in 21st-Century Britain.

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The pictorial shorthand of emojis is perfect for small phone screens. It has also sprawled into a lexicon rich in metaphor and humor.

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