A Major Dictionary Has Officially Added Emoji

Today is a tears-of-joy day for emoji. In a move that reflects the changing nature of communication — and the evolving role of dictionaries — Dictionary.com has officially added explanations for these little pictorial symbols, becoming the first major reference to do so.

Including "these sorts of items" is a decision that the linguistic experts on staff have been mulling since [f500link]Alphabet[/f500link] was still Google.