Of the 50,000 emoji tracked by Moji since its June launch, the most popular include a happy face with tears of joy, thumbs up, the Lul meme, a smiling Barack Obama, and crying Michael Jordan.

But this World Emoji Day (17 July) people are only just realising the real meaning behind the seemingly innocent 'dancing girls' emoji - and some are horrified to discover the truth.

It may not be a word by the strictest definition – but the emoji commonly known as “face with tears of joy” has been named the “Word” of the Year for 2015 by Oxford Dictionaries.

SAN FRANCISCO — If Twitter broke your heart by replacing its ubiquitous "favorite" button with a heart-shaped "like" button, more emotive buttons may be coming to your rescue.

ANKARA. The “smiling face with tears of joy” is the most widely used emoji in 75 countries, according to a new study. There are more than 3,000 emojis available, the website Crossword-Solver ...

And the “emoji man dancing” strikes a similar pose to a hieroglyph of a dancing man, ... In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries chose the “face with tears of joy” emoji as its word of the year, ...