Dictionary of emoji or how not to fall into an awkward situation.

We often write online not true? Often, we do not realize how many times we use emoji. Phone manufacturers have already accustomed us to their presence. Whether in Iphones or in phones with the android system when writing even a sms (which we do less and less frequently), we are often even induced to use emoji.

Many of us sometimes do not know what a given icon means, after reading this article we will be using emoticons carefully.

What do emoticons mean and how to use them?

The history of emoticons goes back to September 19, 1982.
Professor "Carnegie Mellon University" in Pittsburgh, Scott Fhlman sent a message that looked like this: ": -".

The word "emoji" was created in Japanese pronunciation: [絵 文字; emodzi], the word was formed from the combination of words e - ("image") and moji - ("sign", "letter"). Emotions are used to convey emotions and feelings.

While those that mean objects do not require a comment, some emoji that express emotions can make it a bit difficult for us to read them.

Let's start with the basic:
- means joy, laughter, good mood;
- these mean sadness, disappointment, longing, dissatisfaction, confusion, despair;
- more emoji that can mean winking, letting go of the eye, laughing at someone's behavior;
- shock, surprise, fear;
- they mean envy, jealousy, anger, rage;
- now the competition: policeman, detective, chef, laborer, teacher, technician, artist, scientist, fireman and others;
- marriages, single parents, partnerships in different configurations;
- Sometimes, after holding the emoji depicting the people opens the choice of skin tone, here an example on the teacher's smile.

When to use emoji, and when not?

✔ In private correspondence
✔ When there are too many emotions
✔ When we want to communicate something quickly. Allowed for business purposes, if a joint convention is adopted.

✘ Business correspondence
✘ Discussing feelings
✘ Conversations with a foreigner in the chat

Riddles in which the language of emoji is used

We can view such a program here:

I think that these are the most important emoji that we use during conversations on various types of portals or in text messages!
Best wishes!