2015 Word Of The Year
@trivia79 (7827)
El Segundo, California
January 8, 2016 6:58pm CST
For Oxford, the 2015 word of the year was really not a word at all. It's a kind of emoji that gained fame from social networking site, facebook. See the picture attached, that's the word of the year, it's an emoji.
Dictionary.com chose 'identity' as the word of the year for 2015. Purely because of the popularity of identity issues of celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Bruce Jenner.
On the other hand, Merriam-Webster had picked '-ism' to be their 2015 word of the year. Seven word received the huge searches last year: socialism, fascism, racism, feminism, communism, capitalism, terrorism.
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
10 Jan 16
Sad. Just sad. This is what the future of communication looks like, with emojis substituting for body language. Maybe next year's Oxford winner will be a shrug.
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@trivia79 (7827)
• El Segundo, California
10 Jan 16
Not necessarily that an emoji was chosen as a 2015 word of the year, it will also be the future of communication.
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
11 Jan 16
Ha haa i must have used that as well lol
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
12 Jan 16
@trivia79 Even if not on Fb in Whatsapp
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@trivia79 (7827)
• El Segundo, California
12 Jan 16
@Missmwngi what? it's on whatsapp?
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
9 Jan 16
That's good to know. So it means that the emoji speaks louder than words.
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@iamshane487 (1138)
• Manila, Philippines
12 Jan 16
Thank you for the info. I never knew that the word of the year is identity.
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@iamshane487 (1138)
• Manila, Philippines
12 Jan 16
@trivia79 Oxford, dictionary.com and meriam webster have the enormous sources of words we can acquire every day. I am convinced over the fact that they are the most reliable. Thank you for the info again. Did you study in Harvard?
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@trivia79 (7827)
• El Segundo, California
12 Jan 16
@iamshane487 Hahaha. That made me laugh 
. I didn't imagined to study their either. It's very very expensive. I just studied here in the Philippines.
. I didn't imagined to study their either. It's very very expensive. I just studied here in the Philippines.
@trivia79 (7827)
• El Segundo, California
9 Jan 16
If you have facebook, you will encounter that emoji 
