Woozy Face Emoji
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About
Woozy Face Emoji π₯΄ is a circular emoji with an uneven smile that seems to express a state of intoxication. Some have joked online that the emoji is meaningless or that its meaning is ambiguous.
Origin
On October 30th, 2018, the Apple technology company released the mobile operating system iOS 12.1. Along withe updated operating system, iOS 12.1 included more than 70 new emojis. Among the characters, the Unicode-approved emoji Face With Uneven Eyes and Wavy Mouth was released (shown below).[1][4]
Spread
On October 31st, Twitter [2] @007dpz tweeted a screenshot of the emoji with the caption "Can someone please explain this emoji to me." The tweet received more than 760 retweets and 4,300 likes in two days.
Following the post, people on Twitter began posting various interpretations of what they believe the emoji to mean. For example, Twitter[3] user @tiabinghamx tweeted, "checking your bank after a night out." The tweet received more than 800 retweets and 4,300 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left). Throughout the day, people continue to to retweet @007dpz and adding their interpretation (examples below, center and right).
That week, Twitter[5] published a Moments page about the emoji and reaction to it.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Emojipedia β Woozy Face Emoji
[2] Twitter β @007dpz's Tweet
[3] Twitter β @tiabinghamx's Tweet
[4] Twitter β @Emojipedia's Tweet
[5] Twitter β What does this emoji depict?
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ScΓ€lingCΓΌbe
Nov 02, 2018 at 02:11PM EDT
(((Richard Cheese; ε¦Ήε¦Ή Master)))
Nov 02, 2018 at 04:45PM EDT