OXFORD, ENGL. — Oxford Dictionaries’ 2015 Word of the Year is impossible to pronounce.

That’s because it’s not a word at all.

It’s an emoji.

The happy, yellow cartoon face sheds two giant tears.

The official name is “face with tears of joy,” usually used as a substitute for ‘lol.’

Oxford Dictionaries picks a word every year  they think captures the year’s biggest trends or changes in the English language.

The organization’s president says emojis are increasingly being used as a substitute for alphabetic scripts due to the fast pace of digital communication.

Source: WTHR