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Saturday 16 July 2016 1:27 pm

World Emoji day: These are the strangest of the bunch

By: James Nickerson

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It's World Emoji Day today, a celebration of emojis used in everyday chats across the world.

It was created by Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia – which, basically, does what it says on the tin.

He wants people to come together and embrace emojis that are so often used in place of words. 

Here are some of the weirdest ways to do just that:

This is meant to depict anger:


(Source: Emojipedia)

This is handy if you ever need to tell someone you're getting out cash (or need to get out cash):


(Source: Emojipedia)

It's hard to say exactly when this could be used:


(Source: Emojipedia)

Who wouldn't want to stay at the love hotel, based on these two emojis?

                                 
(Source: Emojipedia)

For the nation's obsession:


(Source: Emojipedia)

What is this..?


Emojipedia

 

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