emojification
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From emoji + -ification.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]emojification (uncountable)
- (Internet) The conversion into an emoji or emojis (e.g. the word smile into 🙂) or the creation of an emoji or emojis from an existing iconography.
- 2016, Eric Downey, Practical Swift[1], page xxi:
- I know I am going to enjoy all the emojification extensions and making life harder on my coworkers.
- 2017, James Perren, Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments[2], page 46:
- […] to send text, pictures, videos, sound, and location, including bubble and screen effects, emoji tapbacks and full-on emojification, digital touch and handwriting […]
- 2017, Gülcan Şener, G. Motif Atar, “The Transformation of Unique Turkish Cultural Symbols into Emoji: A Study of Cultural Symbols in Digital Communications”, in İstanbul Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, number 53, page 191:
- The goal of this study is to assess the demand for “emojification” of Turkish cultural symbols and determine the appropriate symbols to use in cultural interaction in Turkey.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:emojification.