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The official list already includes a "pile of poo" emoji, but smartphone giant Apple added a grinning face to the character on the iPhone and popularised the idea. Emojipedia.org That led to a row ...

Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement, but the same could be said of some of the concerns raised in the dispute over the ‘Frowning Pile of Poo’ emoji. The unhappy pile, depicted above in an ...

This sculpture is the talk of a town on the south coast of England. News of the new art installation has reached far and wide ...

This sculpture is the talk of a town on the south coast of England. News of the new art installation has reached far and wide ...

a sad face and a set of weather icons. Another emoji that’s often asked about is the pile of steaming poo. “People always ask me when the poo emoji was introduced,” Burge says.

The goal was to create a sea snail-shaped sculpture on a nature reserve. But locals saw something entirely different.

And using an emoji is no different," she said ... of emojis was available - everything from angry faces to... well, the cartoon poop. Since the plates have a price point of 475AUD (£260, $ ...