Not until April 1967â42 years after the Butler Law was passed, and 12 years after Inherit the Wind, a play based on the Scopes Monkey Trial, became a Broadway hitâdid the Tennessee Legislature repeal the anti-evolution law.
Emoji have become an unofficial universal language in everyday communication. It almost feels like some people were born knowing the proper usage of each one. For instance, there's no doubt that the tears of joy emoji is used as a way to tell someone you're laughing so hard that you're crying.
Emoji (from Japanese çµµæå­, read ããã) (pl. emoji) are the tiny pictures you can put on your texts. The word dates back to the early Japanese mobile phones. With the iPhone's plethora of icons, the word emoji became widespread, as it was what the keyboard was named. It is made of two components, çµµ and æå­, meaning picture and letter respectively. Therefore, any claims that tie the word to emoticon are etymologically WRONG.