EMOJI

Do you remember Clippy?

No word would suffice to express the fluency with which these shorthand icons in texts and emails and on social media have become a language unto themselves. Find out how new symbols are added to the lexicon.

The latest emoji falling into that category and dropping into everyone DM’s (Direct Messages) is the Snowflake emoji “❄️”. The Snowflake emoji has been falling and melting into everyone DMs lately, including the Old Time Road creator LilNasX (whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill) from cable channel MTV. (They Did)CW17 dropping a Snowflake Emoji into News4Jax DM (Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) But,What does the snowflake emoji mean? No, the rapper Instagram message was about Saweetie 2017 hit song “Icy Girl” thus the snowflake emoji “❄️”.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – To show support for frontline workers during the nationwide pandemic, Facebook has rolled out a “care” emoji. The emoji is a smiley face holding a huge heart. The emoji makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside! In Jacksonville, News4Jax wanted to show our appreciation for frontline workers by donating meals. We want to know, who do you care for?

Merriam-Webster added more than 1,700 words to its dictionary, including "emoji," "net neutrality" and "meme." CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Meg Oliver have more.