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Would an emoji by any other name sound as sweet?

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s that glorious time of the year when the ‘best of’ lists begin, and (insert generic noun here) of the year are announced. As a lover of year-end lists created by groups of people arbitrarily deciding what singular thing best captures a year, I can’t help but feel as though Christmas has come early. So when the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced their choice for word of the year I was definitely intrigued, though I will admit that my hopes were not very high, as previous words of the year have been “vape” in 2014 and “selfie” in 2013. But…

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