Emojis are there for when words aren’t enough to express yourself, but even emojis feel limiting sometimes: the correct smiley face or symbol is just not there to communicate how you really feel.
Well, here’s some much-needed good news. On Nov. 10, the Unicode Consortium approved 56 new emojis to be included in their Unicode 10 release. The new emojis are a response from the consortium to numerous requests they’ve received over the past year.
Here are the 56 new #Emoji that were just approved for … – https://t.co/Ha7GtEwKNz#9to5Mac #Unicode_10 pic.twitter.com/hFsT130i4O
— TechHolo (@TechHolo) November 11, 2016
How Do You Really Feel?
Some that might help explain how you’ve been feeling lately include “grinning face with crazy eyes,” “shocked face with exploding head,” and “face with open-mouth vomiting.” Also included are a hijab emoji, pie emoji, pretzel emoji, T-Rex emoji, bearded person emoji, and a breastfeeding emoji. You can check out the full list here.
And we do suggest you check out that full list. Unicode is very detailed in their public revealings of why and how each emoji was created. For example, you might be wondering why was it so important to add an orange heart. Aren’t there like 30 different colors for heart emojis? But their report and subsequent reasoning reveals that orange completes the color spectrum for heart emojis and there are many cultural associations for orange like, “In Buddhism it represents illumination, the highest state of perfection.”
Also worth noting: there is no page for why the broccoli emoji was created, just that it was “frequently requested.” Uh-huh. You’re allowed to draw your own conclusions from there.
However, all this doesn’t mean you’ll be receiving these new emojis immediately. Once Unicode shares these new emojis, they still need to get approval in iOS and Android updates. But new emojis are coming. And that’s something to (finally) smile about.
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