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# Totes emoji

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The Oxford Dictionary's word of the year isn't a word... it's an emoji

And not just any emoji either. It’s the ‘crying laughing’ emoji…

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Nov 17th 2015, 7:40 PM

Oxford Dictionary have named the bloody 'cry laughing' emoji the word of 2015

How dare you. How DARE you.

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Nov 17th 2015, 8:37 AM

Here's what happened when we interviewed Mary Lou entirely in emoji

The Sinn Féin deputy leader takes up our unique interview challenge.

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Jun 18th 2015, 10:00 PM

Here's what happened when we interviewed this Labour TD entirely in emoji

John Lyons proves he’s down with the kids.

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Jun 9th 2015, 9:00 PM