And when is an emoji not an emoji? When it’s an emoticon. Previous confusion has surrounded the two and the words have been used interchangeably - incorrectly.

An emoticon is an expression created using punctuation or text, like the old-school smiley: :-)

Their inception, according to The Guardian, dates back to September 1982 and is credited to computer scientist, Scott Fahlman. They were referred to as “emotion icons.”

The emoji, on the other hand, was born in the nineties, the child of a Japanese comms firm (obvs). The name stems from the Japanese e meaning ‘picture’ and moji meaning letter/character.

Emojis are used in various ways, including for cheeky sex-moji messages that have reinterpreted the aubergine icon entirely (we’ll let you do the guess-work).

Andy Murray even celebrated his wedding day on Twitter using only emojis.

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