in addition to this act of pressing “send,” there’s also a visual cue to suggest the end of a transmission: “Text messages and tweets already have a terminus, which is just the fact that they exist in little ‘bubbles.’” For these reasons, when a period is used, it can sometimes feel angry. ​ saying ‘end transmission’ instead of just ending it

Here are two mugs who are trying their very best. pic.twitter.com/Z1he6wxFWZ— Jane Solomon (@janesolomon) February 18, 2019

What emoji do you send when you make a bad pun in a workplace Slack and then want to make a non-apology apology?— Jane Solomon (@janesolomon) February 5, 2019

Hi, I'm a lexicographer. You might know me from my greatest hits "Yes, People Still Write Dictionaries" "Language Is Constantly Evolving (And We’re Just Tryin’ To Keep Up)” and “No, That’s Not the Etymology of ‘Posh.’” https://t.co/EH5PTVCDDL— Jane Solomon (@janesolomon) January 20, 2019

“⠀⠀🤔 🤯 🧠 😮 ✨🧠✨ 😵”

“I know that the “Ph.D in 4chan” comment is a joke, but seriously, people who study the language of online harassment are invaluable. I know some anti-harassment researchers and I admire their work. It’s not easy to comb through the hate to make the internet a better place.❤️”

In June 2015, the Unicode Consortium blessed us with a handful of new emoji including a burrito 🌯  and a cheese wedge 🧀. Perhaps the most think-piecey new addition to Unicode 8.0  was the inclusion of various skin-tone options for the hand-gesture and people emoji, which sparked