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Pinching Hand Emoji

Pinching Hand Emoji

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Updated Feb 08, 2019 at 01:08PM EST by Don.

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About

Pinching Hand Emoji ideogram depicting one hand bringing the index finger and thumb in close proximity. While the emoji was devised to express the gesture for a "small amount," online, many joked that the emoji describes the size of one's phallus.

Origin

On February 5th, 2019, Emojipedia announced that there would 230 new emoji "coming to phones in 2019." Among those included, the "Pinching Hand" was approved. @Emojipedia tweeted an image of the emoji and received more than 3,600 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below).[1]

According to Emojipedia,[2] "A hand with thumb and index finger in close proximity. Used to suggest that something is small, or to gesture a small amount. Pinching Hand was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 in 2019."


Emojipedia @Emojipedia Approved in #emojil 2: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/

Spread

Following the tweet, many joked that the emoji would be used to describe the length of one's penis. That day, Twitter[3] user @kathbarbadoro tweeted, "FINALLY a small dick emoji." The tweet received more than 3,000 retweets and 12,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left). Others made similar jokes about the emoji being used to criticize a penis (example below, center).

That day, Twitter[4] user @NeptxneDubz tweeted, "Unsolicited dick pic community is in a panic rn." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 61,000 retweets and 250,000 likes (shown below, right).

Several media outlets reported on the emoji, including Mashable, [5] PopBuzz,[6] BuzzFeed [7] and more.


FINALLY a small d--- emoji Emojipedia 0 Ξ¦ @Emoj.pedia F emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/ Approved in #emojil 2: Pinching Hand Show this thread The pinching hand emoji will solely be used for small d---- Unsolicited d--- pic community is in a panic rn Emojipedia@Emojipedia Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching- Show this thread

#NotOK

On February 8th, 2019, a 4chan user submitted a thread titled "#NotOK to Pinch" to the /pol/ board on 4chan,[8] which contained various photoshopping images calling for viewers to turn the emoji into a hate symbol (shown below).


#NotOK to Pinch Anonymous (ID: OEWsUC2) β–Ά 02/08/19(Fri)04:22:35 No.202491568 #NotOK TO PINCH 5PREAD THE WORD εœ– >>202493197 >>2024935053>202493639 >>202493794 >>202494009 >>202494024 >>202494089 202494322 202494448 2>202494540 202497915 20249857Z 202501672 202502223 202504045 2> Do not use this hateful symbol. It's #NotOK Anonymous (ID: W5t7t4sy)02/08/19(Fri)05:00:32 No.202493197202493505 202494009 202503354 TWEET NOW WITH THE HASHTAG #NotOK File: 1549596196629 jpg (203 KB, 800x770) >>202491568 (OP) Better use the cotton pick one kek

That day, the hashtag "#NotOK" appeared on Twitter with images from the 4chan thread, some of which accused the emoji of representing "picking cotton" (shown below).


#NotOK TO PINCH SPREAD THE WORD. IT'S #NOTOK. Neo-Nazis are using the 'pinch' hand gesture to communicate a hateful, racist message. When using this gesture the fingers look as if they were picking cotton DO NOT USE THIS HAND GESTURE. IT'S #NotOK ACLU TWEET NOW WITH THE HASHTAG #NotOK #NotOK TO PINCH SPREAD THE WORD. IT'S #NOTOK. Neo-Nazis are using the 'pinch' hand gesture to communicate a hateful, racist message. When using this gesture the fingers look as if they were picking cotton DO NOT USE THIS HAND GESTURE. IT'S #NotOK ACLU TWEET NOW WITH THE HASHTAG #NotOK

Various Examples


Pack it up fellas, every girl just gained the ability to win an argument in just one emoji Emojipedia@Emojpedia ủ Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching- Show this thread Emoji officiel de la small d--- energy EmojipediaEmojipedia E Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching- hand/ Show this thread F N----- that send unsolicited d--- pics to women bout to get there feelings hurt with just one emoji Χ™Χ™Χ™ Emojipedia O Ξ¦ @Emoj.pedia Approved in #emoit 2: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/p.nching-hand/ Show this thread ε°‘0:0:眡
This is the power women needed to fight unsolicited d--- pics Emojipedia Ξ¦ @Emojipedia Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching- Show this thread So many men are about to be severely roasted in girl's group chats Emojipedia l j @Emojipedia Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching Show this thread I'm crushing your head finally gets an emoji! #KidsInTheHall @Mark_DMcKinney Emojipedia@Emojipedia Approved in #emojil 2: Pinching Hand emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/ Show this thread @s@s@sg:


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External References

[1] Twitter – @emojipedia's Tweet

[2] Emojipedia – Pinching Hand

[3] Twitter – @kathbarbadoro's Tweet

[4] Twitter – @NeptxneDubz's Tweet

[5] Mashable – The pinching hand emoji will only be used for small dicks

[6] PopBuzz – The new "pinching hand" emoji already has people making small d*ck jokes

[7] BuzzFeed – There's A New Emoji That People Think May Change Sexting Forever

[8] Archive.is – /pol/ thread

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/pol/: "hey what if [emoji] but it's a nazi symbol hoax for the 645158341884th time lol, we're geniuses"

(Inb4 "you need to have a high IQ to understand 4chan's simplicity to troll gullible normies with the same joke every time and the humor behind that")

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