Emojis encapsulate performative statements, abbreviating the written words so that ideas can be “consumed” more quickly by today’s caffeine-addled masses. (I was going to say ‘youth’, but that seemed a little unfair.) People are already carrying around their understanding of definitions. Will they start to appear in Webster’s? English evolving at the hands of code writers. Why not?
Emojis encapsulate performative statements, abbreviating the written words so that ideas can be “consumed” more quickly by today’s caffeine-addled masses. (I was going to say ‘youth’, but that seemed a little unfair.) People are already carrying around their understanding of definitions. Will they start to appear in Webster’s? English evolving at the hands of code writers. Why not?