Signs a Synonyms Revolution Is Coming

Emojis are one of the hottest phenomena in the world of technology. But with their rise to popularity, there has been a simultaneous backlash against them for being lazy and unprofessional. This is increasingly coupled with an argument that emojis lack nuance and can’t convey meaning.

It’s not surprising then, that this go beyond synonym revolution has taken hold on social media sites in which typing out words has never been easier or more convenient. The rise of chat applications like Slack as a mode of communication and interaction at work is just another peg in the coffin for emojis’ usefulness as a language-neutral means of expressing oneself on the internet…

1. What are Emojis?

Emoji is just what it sounds like. They’re cute little pictures that you can use to add emphasis in text and save space in writing. Best known for their use in the Japanese texting language, emojis have spread around the world, as well as into digital culture as a whole. But although these digital drawings may seem frivolous, there is some meaning behind them.

Many of them contain references or variations of words and phrases that users recognize and find familiar. Some are even cleverly worded tributes to pop culture icons (example: “IKEA Monkey”). But emojis have also been used in other ways as well, such as to represent food and drinks. One of the most recognizable, for example, is a red heart.

2. Why Have Emojis Taken Off?

Emojis excel at communicating emotions…or so it seems. In fact, anyone who has ever seen one of the emoticons’s animated faces knows they’re quite sad or happy with their facial expressions and gestures. But perhaps emoji messages are less about emotion and more about aesthetics, which is why they’re so popularly used in creative works like blogs and magazines that appeal to younger audiences – people who are less inclined to understand nuance in language.

Emoji are easy to use, and they’re cute, which appeals to young people on a variety of levels. They’re also especially useful in texting or chatting with friends or on social media sites.

There are two reasons why emojis have become so popular. First, they tend to be more universal – fitting nicely into any situation where you want to use text messaging or chat apps like Snapchat, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. With these apps being so mainstream, it makes sense that emojis have become a mainstay in our digital lives.

Second is the fact that emojis can’t be taken literally. Emoji messages cannot be taken literally. If a message is written in emojis, then it means the same thing no matter who is interpreting the message. This only makes sense to people who don’t understand nuance in language, because they aren’t able to grasp that what it means doesn’t necessarily translate for someone else.

3. Why Do People Hate Emojis?

Emojis vary in their aesthetic appeal – and some of them look better than others. Despite such opinions being subjective, there are some basic reasons why people hate emojis, with the main ones being that they’re lazy and unprofessional.

Lazy emojis are just that – they don’t try hard. They’re not really worth anything more than the characters themselves, which is why people think them to be unprofessional. Emojis can easily be replaced by typing out words, and that means there’s no need to waste time creating them in the first place.

4. What Do Smartphones Have To Do With The Synonym Revolution?

Smartphone users might not be aware of it, but their devices are becoming more and more like computers in the sense that they contain different programs that communicate with one another to run as a whole bigger machine. This is how phones – and other digital devices around us – now operate: as mini-computers .

But with smartphones, there is something else to consider: they haven’t been around quite as long as computers, and their technology and interfaces are still in their early phase. Smartphones are only now beginning to be used by people at a variety of age groups , and they offer different features that appeal to different users.

For younger demographics, smartphones are a way of life. They use them for texting and chatting, but also for games and other applications like YouTube . The smartphone is an essential part of most kids’ lives – including for homework purposes – so much so that many schools have banned students from using them whenever classes begin.

The smartphone revolution is so successful in fact, that it has spawned a new generation of up-and-coming companies that cater to the needs and demands of smartphone users. These companies are part social media companies such as Snapchat, Twitter and YouTube , and part app developers – people who write software programs for smartphones.

The two genres have merged recently, with social media platforms like Snapchat catering to users by developing new features like sending “selfies.” It’s a way of taking a picture with the phone’s camera and creating a sort of moving image that can be posted to Instagram or other sites where it can be shared. Because you’re taking the photo with your own eyes, it doesn’t have to look perfect…