By
MIKE AYERS
Nov 16, 2015 3:45 pm ET
The Oxford Dictionaries has chosen its
Word of the Year for 2015: An emoji depicting
the “face with tears of joy.”
Oxford Dictionaries cited an explosion in
“emoji culture” over the last year as one of the reasons “face with tears of
joy” was selected.
“You can see how traditional alphabet scripts
have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st
century communication,” said Casper Grathwohl,
President of Oxford Dictionaries in a statement. “It’s not surprising that a pictographic script like emoji has stepped in to
fill those gaps—it’s flexible, immediate, and infuses
tone beautifully. As a result emoji are becoming an increasingly rich form of
communication, one that transcends
linguistic borders.”
Other words and expressions that made the
2015 Word of the Year shortlist: Ad blocker, Dark Web, lumbersexual, on fleek,
refugee, Brexit, and sharing economy. A curious entry into the shortlist was
also “they.”
“Face with tears of joy” emoji continues
a recent trend from Oxford Dictionaries in selecting “Words of the Year” that
are associated with web culture. 2012’ s
U.S. Word of the Year was “GIF” and 2013’ s Word of the Year was “selfie.” Last
year’s Word of the Year was
“vape.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO: The
Oxford
WHEN:
WHAT:
Word of the Year for 2015
WHY:
WHERE:
HOW:
Word:
1.
depict:描繪
2.
pictographic:象形文字的
3.
infuses:灌輸、加入
4.
transcends:超越
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