"Emoji is one way language is growing," she says. "When it stops growing and adapting, that's when a language dies." Growing and adapting doesn't seem like an issue for emojis.

It's been a while since the Unicode Emoji Consortium released its sixth set of proposed emojis last June, with a follow up in August (which offered up a drunken face and unhappy poo, oddly enough).

WATCH: Rory Cellan-Jones explains why the 'sad poo' emoji has kicked up a stink Plans to introduce a "frowning pile of poo" emoji have been flushed from the latest proposals by the group in charge ...

Emoji may be the future of communication, ... Wow and Sad (but still no Dislike) by James Risley on October 8, 2015 at 10:07 am October 8, 2015 at 10:07 am. Share Tweet Share Reddit Email.

We have a smiling pile of poop. What about one that's sad? There's loaf of bread and a croissant. But where's the sliced bagel? How can our emotional vocabulary be complete without a teddy bear, a ...

NEW YORK -- We have a smiling pile of poop. What about one that's sad? There's loaf of bread and a croissant. But where's the sliced bagel? How can our emotional vocabulary be complete without a ...