Buzz·Posted on 17 Nov 2015People Are Mad That Oxford Dictionary's Word Of The Year Is An EmojiShould have been the eggplant emoji imo.by Jemima SkelleyBuzzFeed Staff, AustraliaLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Oxford Dictionaries have announced that their Word of the Year for 2015 is: 😂. Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is… 😂! https://t.co/LjJyxO8cvv #OxfordWOTY 07:01 PM - 16 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite For those of you who only read words, it's also known as the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji. Although Oxford says that it is the "word" that that "best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015", people are pretty 😠. meg @dookiero oxford dictionary's word of the year is the fucking crying laughing face emoji are you fucking kidding me 03:03 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Probably because it's not a word. Andrew Brown @AndrewBrownFCN The Oxford Dictionary have announced their word of the year for 2015 is 😂 02:43 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Likkle Miss Jess @LikkleJess Oxford Dictionary's word of the year is the crying face emoji ---> 😂. We are truly living in the end of days. 03:55 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Alex Duzik @aduzik is everybody at Oxford Dictionary HQ feeling OK? This (😂) is… not a word. 04:47 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Ed Van Tassell™ @EdVanTassell The Oxford dictionary’s word of the year is an emoji. So we’re done here, just turn out the lights on your way out. 02:35 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Writers are pissed. NSW Writers' Centre @writingNSW Oxford Dictionary's word of the year is AN EMOJI https://t.co/uMN79qI8pt 04:32 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Some people think that soon our whole vocabulary will be emoji-only. Eric @EricEschmann An emoji is the Oxford Dictionary word of the year. In a few decades we're going to be using a new form of heiroglyphs to write everything. 02:31 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite And to that, we say: "👑🍕💎🔥😎🔮🐥🚁🎾". Amid all the backlash and controversy, Oxford also released their shortlist of words, all of which are actual words made up of letters. Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords 😂 is the #OxfordWOTY 2015, but what made the shortlist? https://t.co/qCz3IYitOZ 09:01 PM - 16 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Well, at least Julie Bishop's happy about it. Julie Bishop @JulieBishopMP 😆👍 https://t.co/ZTgeRZFLUQ 01:50 AM - 17 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite