Combined Minds: Emojipedia

Words and emojis by Carmen Macri and Ambar Ramirez 

Ambar: Emojis are pretty straightforward, right? Wrong. It has once again come to our attention that a lot of people (mainly those who didn’t grow up with cell phones) are unaware of all the hidden messages with emojis. Think that this 🍆 is just an eggplant emoji or that this 🍑 is just a peach? Definitely not. But it’s OK, we are here to help. After reading this article, you’ll rethink every emoji you’ve ever sent. 

Carmen: Sorry to all the parents who have gone through their kids’ messages thinking they are sending silly little vegetable emojis to their friends … we hate to be the ones to tell you, but they are likely sexting. 

Ambar: Starting with the most obvious, the eggplant. This seemingly innocent emoji paired with 💦 has a much more phallic meaning. 

Carmen: A penis. 

Ambar: Thank you, Carmen. Anyway, you can now probably guess what the peach means.

Carmen: A butt.

Ambar: Yep. Thank you, again. 

Carmen: Now, when you combine the eggplant, the water droplets and the peach emoji… I think we can all connect the dots on what that means, right? I don’t need to explicitly write it out, do I? I really don’t want to. 

Ambar: Let’s move on, then, to the more obscure emojis. This emoji 🚛 doesn’t simply mean a trash collector. 

Carmen: It means that girl has a dumpy, a dump truck, a fat ass, a robust bottom.  

Ambar: Honestly, I didn’t even know that one. Isn’t it beautiful how our language continues to evolve?

Carmen: If we are continuing on this sex train, let me introduce you to the brain emoji (🧠). Now, I know what you’re thinking, it probably has something to do with someone being smart or saying something intelligent. No. I wish it did. It unfortunately refers to oral sex – “giving brain” which is slang for “giving head” which is slang for a blow job. 

Ambar: No emoji is safe. The ramen bowl emoji or even the spaghetti emoji is a request for “noods.” You would then reply with 👀. 

Carmen: A classic. Another classic? ❄️ The snowflake emoji. No, it does not refer to the weather, and it does not refer to someone being chilly. It actually means cocaine. If someone is sending the snowflake emoji, they are usually looking for some of that booger sugar. 

Ambar: while on the topic of drugs, can you guess what this emoji means 🌳? That’s right, marijuana. That emoji paired with 💨 refers to smoking weed. Easy. 

Carmen: This next one is super clever and creative. 🌽The corn emoji. Can we guess what it stands for? It’s really complicated. 

Ambar: Does it mean someone is being corny?

Carmen: So close! It actually stands for porn. 

Ambar: Makes so much sense. 

Carmen: OK, now let’s get into the more innocent ones. All this talk of sex and drugs is making me want to go to Miami. 

Ambar: All right, rapid fire. 🧢— lying, referring to someone being “cap.” 

Carmen: 👻The ghost emoji is pretty self-explanatory. Someone just got dumped with no explanation. They got “ghosted.”

Ambar: 🤡The clown emoji is typically used when someone gets caught making a mistake or my personal favorite, when someone (me) is feeling like a fraud. 

Carmen: 👉👈 — Shy or nervous, usually in the context of flirting. 

Ambar: This cheeky upside-down smile 🙃is used to express annoyance about something … or someone.

Carmen: This one is my personal favorite and really only blew up within the last year on TikTok. I have no idea where it came from or why it means what it does, but 🧚‍♀️✨— Can be used in comments to denote a sarcastic mean-spirited tone. You will usually see it paired with a comment saying something like “delete this!” or “should’ve stayed in the drafts!” Makes me cackle every single time. 

Ambar: The fun thing about emojis is that they can have double meanings. For example, the nail polish emoji 💅refers to someone who is gay or someone that people think might be gay (i.e., Shawn Mendes’ comment section). But I usually use it to mean I’m unbothered.  

Carmen: The plug emoji 🔌usually refers to someone being a drug dealer. Being the “plug” for drugs. 

Ambar: Now that we have probably incriminated most kids, we’ll end this lesson here. 

Carmen: Cheers! 🥂