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Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year is...not a word

Anne-Sophie BrändlinNovember 17, 2015

Social media is up in arms about the fact that Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year is not a word but instead an emoji by the name of "Face with Tears of Joy." Some love it, others aren't exactly crying tears of joy.

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Image: Twitter/Oxford Dictionaries
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