World Emoji Day is an unofficial celebration of the importance of emojis and how they have evolved. According to reports, on this day people try to communicate only via emoji, however several product and emoji launches are also done on this day. Emojis have come a long way, from using colons and brackets to now having personalised emojis that resemble real people. The five most used emojis included the red heart, the winking emoji, the smiling with tears running down emoji, the cool sunglasses emoji and the blushing smile emoji. - John McWhorter"Every text message is complete with an emoji in it.

Source: Hindustan Times July 17, 2021 08:49 UTC