emojify en · VERB
Etymology
From emoji + -ify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To convert into an emoji.
Writing in particular has been re-mediated in contemporary culture in ways that largely entangle words in images, with images gaining ascendancy. Apple's 2016 announcement of a new texting feature that allows writers to emojify their texts is only the latest development in this larger shift.
2018, Teresa Berger, “Virtual “stuff”: Materiality – visuality – soundscapes”, in @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (Liturgy, Worship and Society), London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emojifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emojified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emojified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| emojifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |