Service dog emojis are here

As a longtime word worker I haven’t been using emojis in my social-media communications, although some of this visual shorthand is often cute when it's not being trite. Smiley faces, for instance, have become so commonplace that many of us hardly notice them anymore.

Other kinds can be useful if one wants to issue a quick and unmistakable opinion on something. For many of us the turd emoji 💩would be the perfect reaction to last night’s State of the Union speech.

For those who like to use emojis, fresh new ones are needed. Yesterday the emoji people issued a whole new bunch, many dealing with disabilities and including several depicting service dogs.

Maybe I’ll use one of those now and then.