Emojis are truly a language all their own, and Dictionary.com is recognizing this by adding emojis to their site—becoming the first major reference to do so, as Time reports. As we all know, emojis ...

Human linguistics began with pictograms. At some point, a particularly enterprising Cro-Magnon decided to dip his finger into the ashes of a smoldering fire — ouch! — and wipe it against the cave wall ...

If you've ever been confused about the meaning of an emoji someone sends you, now you can look its up definition in the dictionary. Dictionary.com added a number of emoji and slang to its site Tuesday ...

Fancy snowboarding in a kimono? Want to get over a broken heart with a dirty weekend? Or perhaps you just want to tell someone your day has been, frankly, a big pile of Number Two. If you’re under a ...

An employee holds a cup with the Instagram logo at Facebook's corporate headquarters during a media event (Getty Images) As emoji use on Instagram continues to rise, the site has launched a plan to ...

Language is a wonderful, masterfully evolving beast and we’re all just puppets bending to its many whims. Dictionaries aren’t safe from the power of a linguistic whim either, and so maybe that’s why ...

Ladies and gentleman, the results are in and the word of the year is officially… er… the crying with laughter emoji. At least, that’s according to the Oxford ...