🤭🥓🤪🤩🧐🤯🤫🤥🥴🤠🦞☘️⚡️️️️️ 4-on-1 03/13/2020

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No - my blog was not taken over by nor was it invaded by a rabid tagger - it was taken over by the mad Emoji lady. Emojis - those  little graphical items that are included in emails and other written communications. Tagging by geeks? Who woulda thunk.

Do you know there is a reference website - Emojipedia  - that documents the meaning and common usage of emoji characters? If, like me, you are not an emoji user or would simply like to understand  what the little buggers mean, click on the link and wander through the world of emojis. Emoji enlightenment is but a mouse click away. Emojipedia even ran a adopt an Emoji program (now concluded). Check it out in the clip below.

Now you may be somewhat curious as to when Emojis came into being.  Through the Freedom of Emoji Information Act of 2000, I submitted a request for information on the creation of Emojis. I received several examples, including this  message entirely in Emojis that depicts a shopping list for a party and the Friday shopping list for pre-catholic cave wives and cave husbands.

Friday Dinner

Shopping list

Clearly Emojis have existed for eons, and they simply remained dormant until their discovery by computer users. So why the Renaissance we are currently experiencing? It is really rather simple if you think about it. Take that last sentence for example - on its own  it could be sarcastically, friendly or insert any adjective you prefer. But if you add an Emoji or 10 it can be more readily understood in the proper context - It is really rather simple if you think about it 😂 Simply adding a smiley shows no sarcasm intended. Emojis help clarify things in text when the intent of a comment is not clear -add a ❤ emoji if you love a comment. Get a dear John/Jane email? If you are sad then add a 💔(broken heart). Angry about it?  😠 Respond with an angry face. Glad to be rid of the person?  Try a Snoopy Happy Dance emoji. Really ticked off?  Try the Frankenstein Emoji. Your choices are virtually limitless.


 Are you a Windows 10 user? Press the Windows key and the . key simultaneously and see the emojis built in (go ahead - you know you want to try it!), Not enough for you? you can make your own - here's a link - Make your own emojis.There are several such links, Google emojis? Well you can Google Emojis and get a bunch of stuff but if you want Google "Emojis" then Google "Google Emojis".  FYI those "s are simply for emphasis - they do not need to be added to your Google search. Figure out how to use clip art like those above as Emojis,but beware of copyright infringement.

As you can see by now there is a world of emoji stuff available to you. You can just use the basics or get as sophisticated as you choose. Personally I am a minimalist when it comes to Emojis. Less is better. Try to make some unique Emojis so you can create your own brand - everyone seems to want a brand of their own these days. If you write, perhaps your editor uses or can use Emojis in his/her efforts to make your work more readable. I admit - my editor has a great point when she said Emojis can help clarify written text - something not necessarily required when spoken in conversation. 

That's it for my quick shack take on this week's topic. Be sure to visit my cohorts and see what they have to say - Ramana, Padmum & Sanjana. See ya next week, same

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 the mad emoji lady's personal Emoji is below