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Here are the top 10 emojis that took over Twitter in 2015

They’ve declared it the ‘year of the emoji’.

TWITTER RELEASED THEIR year in review, and have announced it as the year of the emoji. To coincide with this emoji-mad land, they revealed the top 10 in terms of useage in the last year.

Obviously, the Oxford word of the year, the cry laughing emoji, came up tops.

1. Face with Tears of Joy

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2. Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

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3. Loudly Crying Face

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4. Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes

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5. Love Heart

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6. Two Hearts

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7. Sparkles

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8. Face Throwing a Kiss

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9. Clapping hands

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10. Fire

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Fingers crossed for cheese and unicorn to make the list next year.

Twitter also announced that THIS was the most retweeted tweet of 2015, Harry Styles of One Direction sending his fans some love:

All the love as always. H
— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) March 26, 2015

Harry Styles. / Twitter

They also shared data on the biggest trending topics of the year, which include #MarReff and #HomeToVote.

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Oxford Dictionary have named the bloody ‘cry laughing’ emoji the word of 2015>

If You Hate Emojis You Can Shite Off>

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