How to Speak Emoji

Author: Fred Benenson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449480659
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Text the pizza emoji with a question mark, and you've got dinner sorted out. Don't know what to use when you're running late, or when you want to organize a fun night out? How to Speak Emoji will help you win at texting. Featuring everyday greetings, pickup lines, workplace expressions, and tried-and-true insults, this book is perfect for the novice user or those looking to test their knowledge. With a collection of useful and hilarious phrases and a handy dictionary to demonstrate what the emojis really mean, you’ll never feel out of your depth again - or make the embarrassing mistake of putting an eggplant symbol next to a peach. Includes sections such as everyday greetings, in the workplace, in relationships and asking for help and directions, as well as how to translate song titles and film quotes, this is your complete guide to the bright new world of the emoji.

The Emoji-To-English Dictionary

Author: Adams Media
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440591415
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
If you think you're good at coming up with imaginative emoji combinations, think again! The Emoji-to-English Dictionary challenges you to step up your game with more than 100 phrases that will have you ROFL. This unique guide gives you the lowdown on the most hilarious and unexpected emoji phrases around. Divided by topic, each chapter translates dozens of emoji combinations into plain ol' English, so that you can quickly incorporate them into your messages--and even brainstorm crazy one-liners of your own! Complete with illustrations of each emoji phrase, The Emoji-to-English Dictionary provides you with the tools you need to truly master the world of emojis.

The Emoji Revolution

Author: Philip Seargeant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108496644
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Explores the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they tell us about the technology-enhanced state of modern society.

Word by Word

Author: Kory Stamper
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 110197026X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.” With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage. Filled with fun facts—for example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill—and Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.

The Dictionary of Difficult Words

Author: Jane Solomon
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786038102
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
What is a moonbow? What does it mean when someone absquatulates? Over 400 words to amaze, confuse and inspiring budding wordsmiths (and adults!).

Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins

Author: Julia Cresswell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199547939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.

The Semiotics of Emoji

Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474282008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017 Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet and English's still-controversial role as lingua mundi for the web, these icons have emerged as a compensatory universal language. The Semiotics of Emoji looks at what is officially the world's fastest-growing form of communication. Emoji, the colourful symbols and glyphs that represent everything from frowning disapproval to red-faced shame, are fast becoming embedded into digital communication. Controlled by a centralized body and regulated across the web, emoji seems to be a language: but is it? The rapid adoption of emoji in such a short span of time makes it a rich study in exploring the functions of language. Professor Marcel Danesi, an internationally-known expert in semiotics, branding and communication, answers the pertinent questions. Are emoji making us dumber? Can they ultimately replace language? Will people grow up emoji literate as well as digitally native? Can there be such a thing as a Universal Visual Language? Read this book for the answers.

Emoji Encyclopedia

Author: Cordelia Evans
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481499823
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
"Do you want to unlock the secrets inside your phone? Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite Emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phones user. Find out more about your favorite Emojis, and some new characters, in this awesome guidebook that's packed with puzzles, jokes, and images from the film!"--Amazon.com.

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1234

Book Description

Im Abbreviations, Texting and Emoticons

Author: BarCharts, Inc.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781423229858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
It is the future, so decode and use shorthand to communicate faster and with less thumb and finger strain. Emoticons are a lot of fun but more importantly add emotional tone so messages are not taken the wrong way. And for parents, this is your decoder guide to a new life language for kids, so stay in the conversation. Suggested uses: o Device Users - Increase your shorthand knowledge and increase how much you communicate and how fast o Text & Chat Novices - still wondering what WEG is? Find out in one glance with this handy reference o Parents - all kids with devices text, some text or chat with code so that you can not read the conversation, a smaller percentage are chatting with the wrong people - stay in the know for safety