Emojis have now become an important part of our daily communication. Starting from chatting with friends and family, to discussions with coworkers using messaging applications, emojis definitely involve in it.
Although it has become a part of everyday life, it turns out that there are still many internet users who do not know and misunderstand the meaning of the emoji they use.
Even though the emoji used should be able to represent our feelings, and many emojis should not be used in certain situations and contexts.
For example, using the eggplant emoji in a work WhatsApp group is bound to make the situation awkward and awkward. Instead of being confused, consider the meaning of the 11 most commonly misunderstood emojis below.
1. Sad but relieved emoji
Many think this emoji represents feelings of sadness or crying. It turns out that according to Emojipedia, a comprehensive dictionary of all the emojis that follow the Unicode standard, this emoji signifies sadness but relief.
2. Sleepy face emoji
The emoji above is not an emoji that depicts a crying face. This emoji actually signifies a sleepy face, and the 'tears' that come out are actually snot from the nose.
3. ️ Flirty girl emoji
One of the death emojis that are most often used when gossiping turns out to have many meanings. According to Emojipedia, this emoji originally depicted a woman who served at the information desk.
But then this emoji is also known as a woman waving her hair with her hand or carrying a tray of drinks. This emoji is also often used to describe sarcasm.
4. Tired face emoji
This emoji is widely used to represent feeling upset or angry. It turns out that this emoji depicts a tired face with eyes closed and mouth open as if yawning from exhaustion.
5. monkey eye closed emoji
Many people use this emoji to express their surprise after seeing something. In fact, it's a 'see no evil' emoji that is part of the 'Three Wise Monkeys'. Therefore this emoji is always close to the monkey emoji which covers its ears and mouth.
6. bowing person emoji
This emoji does not depict a person who is thinking or doing push-ups. This is a dogeza emoji, which depicts a person bowing (and even prostrating) to express an apology or ask for something.
7. poop emoji
This is one of the most misunderstood emojis on social media. Many thought this was a poop emoji with a smiling face. Turns out this is a chocolate ice cream emoji whose shape even fits the ice cream emoji.
8. speeding emoji
Don't get me wrong, this is not an emoji that depicts farts or pees. This is an emoji that represents speeding, and is inspired by 'briffits', dust clouds that usually appear in comics to symbolize someone or something suddenly running fast.
9. sorry emoji
Again, one of the most frequently misunderstood emojis by internet users. It's not a praying or high-five emoji, it's actually an emoji that depicts apologizing or asking for something.
10. face emoji with exhalation
Many think this emoji symbolizes an angry face. It turns out that the original meaning is a face that expresses a sense of satisfaction or victory after going through a big challenge.
11. eggplant emoji
Now this emoji can be dangerous if used in inappropriate situations and conditions. The simple meaning of this emoji does describe an eggplant, but by netizens on the internet this emoji is also widely used to symbolize the male genitalia.