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From today onwards we'll all be typing this a lot:
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That's because Angela Merkel's 'triangle of power' hand gesture now has its own emoticon.
The gesture, known as the Merkel-Raute (Merkel Rhombus) in Germany is something of a trademark, so much so that even Gordon Brown wasn't beneath imitating the German chancellor at G8 summits.
We have Christian Brandes to thank for all of this.
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Now all we need is a new emoticon for when Merkel celebrates Germany scoring.
Gordon Brown picture via kremlin.ru. Other pictures via Getty.
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