Meanings
present singular third person emojifies · participle present emojifying · participle past emojified · past emojified
- transitiveTo 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
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emojify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emojify
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