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Emoji (from Japanese 絵文字, read えもじ) (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, 絵 and 文字, meaning "picture" and "letter" [respectively]. Therefore, any claims that tie the word to "emoticon" are etymologically WRONG. Many [teenage girls] put way too many emoji in their texts, resulting in more icons than text. Some clever people manage to draw pictures using emoji, or play Connect Four, Tic-Tac-Toe, or even Chess using emoji.
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