Cenk Uygur
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The Word Of The Year Is...
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November 18, 2015
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November 18, 2015
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2:35Now PlayingOxford Dictionary has released it's word of the year, and it's not even a word it's an emoji. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks discuss. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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"The Oxford Dictionaries “Word” of the Year 2015 has landed. It’s 😂, aka face with tears of joy, already weeping with relief at its victory. (I suppose we asked for this.) Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Dictionaries, explains the choice, which set off revels in emojiland: “Traditional alphabet scripts have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st Century communication. 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." That said, according to the press release, “there are no plans to add emoji to any Oxford Dictionaries.”*
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