⭕️💢⭕️💢 / Contraction Emojis

About

⭕️💢⭕️💢 also known as the Contraction Emojis or Heavy Large Circle Emoji, Anger Symbol Emoji is a pattern of Emojis used to visually represent contractions, often specifically referring to vaginal contractions, kegel exercises and anal contractions. The pattern first became popularized in this context on Twitter in June 2020 and became increasingly popular over the following years, often in sexual jokes. The pattern also became popular on TikTok, inspiring the "💢⭕️ Reps Challenge," where women do kegel exercises to the beat of a given song.

Origin

On June 25th, 2020, Twitter^[1] user @theybelikefaith posted, "Him: fuuuuuck Me: ⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️💢," garnering over 730 likes and 140 retweets in two years. This is the earliest known use of the Emojis in the proper context. On June 26th, TikToker^[2] @haleysuckz posted a video captioned, "girls try doing 💢⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️ to the beat," with Hot Headz' song "Ya Ya Ya" in the background, garnering over 3 million views in two years (shown below).

On June 27th, Twitter^[3] user @BhadDhad posted, "how my pussy be sounding when i go ⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️💢," along with a video of Squidward's walking sound effect, garnering over 1,200 likes and 190 retweets in a similar span of time (shown below). The term "⭕️💢" was first defined on Urban Dictionary^[4] the next day on June 28th by jpopidol, who claims it was invented on TikTok for the challenge, although the earliest known video doing this by @haleysuckz was posted one day later than @theybelikefaith's tweet using the Emojis in the same context.

how my pussy be sounding when i go ⭕️💢⭕️💢⭕️💢 pic.twitter.com/krwz8wr3Qe

— family friendly era (@BhadDhad) June 28, 2020

Spread

The Emoji pattern continued to spread on TikTok and Twitter, with the "⭕️💢 Challenge" becoming popular on TikTok. On July 24th, 2020, TikToker^[5] @doyourrepsladies posted their video, challenging women to do kegel exercises along to "Laffy Taffy" by D4L, garnering over 4.5 million views in two years (shown below, left). The account is dedicated to the trend, and posted five more videos like this. Other accounts like @daily.reps0 and @griptokk started posting similar videos that same month, some gaining millions of views (example shown below, right). On June 8th, 2021, Hashtag Hyena^[8] defined the "⭕️" Emoji in this context.

The Emojis continued to see use in 2022 on both platforms. On February 20th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @seggsythyme2 posted a video using the Emojis, garnering over 900,000 views in eight months. On October 19th, Twitter^[7] user @iUsedToBeADuck tweeted using the Emojis, garnering over 90,000 likes and 5,900 retweets in two days (shown below).

Various Examples

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