Peach Emoji 🍑
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About
Peach Emoji (🍑 ) is an iPhone emoji that gained notoriety for its visual similarity to a buttox, leading it to be popularly used in sexting and other instances of sexual innuendo.
Origin
In October 2010, Unicode 6.0 introduced the Peach Emoji[1] (shown below). Over the next few years, the peach emoji became widely used to depict a butt due to their visual similarity as perceived by many users, which led to the monikers “butt emoji” and the “bottom emoji," according to Emojipedia.[2]
Spread
On March 15th, 2015, Urban Dictionary[3] user queen.of.sass submitted the top definition of the peach emoji, which reads “the emoticon of the peach or for people with immature minds it is the emoticon of the ass.” On Instagram, the hashtag #Peach [4] has over 243,000 posts (as of November 2nd, 2016), with many of the pictures prominently featuring a butt.
Change Controversy
On October 31st, 2016, Apple introduced iOS 10.2, which features version 9.0 of Unicode and a new set of emojis.[5] Among the new emojis, Unicode offers an updated version of the peach emoji that many felt no longer looked like a butt.
The change was met with backlash from users who appreciated the old peach emoji's resemblance to a butt. The following day, many media outlets covered the online backlash to the change, including SelectAll,[6] Buzzfeed,[7] and Slate.[8]
Due to the widespread backlash, Apple returned the peach to its previous, butt-like appearance in iOS 10.3 on November 15th, 2016.
The change was met with praise, as documented in a Twitter Moments[9] roundup that day. Gizmodo[10] called the change a victory for "arse activists."
Impeachment Posts
On September 24th, 2019, musician Lizzo tweeted[4] "IM🍑MENT" (shown below), referring to the same-day announcement that the House of Representatives would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The tweet received over 20,500 retweets and 124,700 likes in three months, with the peach emoji gaining popularity in posts about impeachment.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Emojipedia – Unicode Version 6.0
[3] Urban Dictionary – peach emoji
[4] Instagram – Peach Emoji
[5] Emojipedia – iOS 10.2 Emoji First Look: Shrug, Fingers Crossed, Face Palm
[6] Select All – Emergency: Apple’s New Peach Emoji Doesn’t Look Like a Butt
[7] Buzzfeed – The Peach Emoji Doesn’t Look Like A Butt Anymore And People Are Devastated
[8] Slate – Sad Face: Apple’s Peach-Butt Emoji Is Now Just a Peach
[9] Twitter Moments – Rejoice! The peach emoji looks like a butt again
[10] Gizmodo – Peach Emoji Restored To Natural Beauty After Outcry From Arse Activists
Top Comments
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