emoji definition by Wordo

Noun

A

digital

graphic

icon

with

a

unique

code point

used

to

represent

a

concept

,

object

,

person

,

animal

or

place

,

originally

used

in

Japanese

text messaging

but

since

adopted

internationally

in

other

contexts

such

as

social media

.

Or

,

by

extension

,

any

non-standard

emoji-like

image

inserted

inline

in

text

,

i

.

e

.

an

image

emoticon

.