emojify

English

Etymology

From emoji +‎ -ify.

Verb

emojify (third-person singular simple present emojifies, present participle emojifying, simple past and past participle emojified)

1. (transitive) To convert into an emoji.
   • 2018, Teresa Berger, “Virtual “stuff”: Materiality – visuality – soundscapes”, in @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (Liturgy, Worship and Society), London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:

     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.

Related terms

• emojification