April 19, 2011 -- The average length of a hospital stay for hip replacement surgery has decreased significantly in recent years, new research indicates. But the rate of readmissions for complications or referrals to skilled care facilities has increased.
Origin of EMOJI. borrowed from Japanese, literally, â pictograph, â from e â picture, drawing â + moji â letter, character â. First Known Use: 1997. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis.rigin of EMOJI. borrowed from Japanese, literally, â pictograph, â from e â picture, drawing â + moji â letter, character â. First Known Use: 1997. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis.
Unlike emoticons, emoji are actual pictures, of everything from a set of painted nails (ð) to a slightly whimsical ghost (ð»). And where emoticons were invented to portray emotion in environments where nothing but basic text is available, emoji are actually extensions to the character set used by most operating systems today, Unicode.