There it is, that little squiggle, hanging out ... emoji keyboard in iOS 5 for the iPhone. Which means that in three short years, Face With Tears of Joy ­vanquished the 3,000-year-old tilde.

For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the "👅" (tongue) emoji: "A tongue, sticking out. May be used as a childish sign of defiance. Alternatively: licking, in various contexts." ...

The 12-year-old from Fairfax ... A Michigan judge was asked to interpret the meaning of a face with a tongue sticking out: :P. Emoji even took a turn in the Supreme Court last year in a high ...

“I’m Scarlett, a 30-year-old college student currently living ... or horny,” while the popular sideways face emoji that has its tongue out and one eye larger than the other still means ...

Nothing says Rest in Peace like a face with stuck-out tongue and winking-eye emoji. Just ask the family of Carmen Bustamante Barangó. Before she died at the end of May, the 75-year-old Barcelona ...

For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the " " (tongue) emoji: "A tongue, sticking out. May be used as a childish sign of defiance. Alternatively: licking, in various contexts." ...