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  1. over time this might affect our collective consciousness in regards to the purpose & function of the eggplant; and

  2. can we please just get a straightforward penis emoji already?? Half the human population has a penis attached to their bodies anyway, why are we still so prude about incorporating actual penises into mainstream vernacular & daily life?

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[โ€“] fubo 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Here's an oddity ... people use ๐Ÿ† "eggplant" for penis, and ๐Ÿ‘ "peach" for butt, but there doesn't seem to be a general consensus on which emoji to use for vulva. Some options include:

  • Flowers such as ๐ŸŒท "tulip" or ๐ŸŒน "rose"
  • ๐Ÿš "spiral shell"; compare South American Spanish concha
  • ๐Ÿฆช "oyster"; which has a visible pearl (i.e. clitoris) on many systems
  • Food items whose names are used as slang for vulva, such as ๐Ÿฏ "honey pot" or ๐ŸŒฎ "taco"
  • ๐Ÿ‘› "purse"; compare the origin of the word "pussy" in English
  • Any of the various cat emoji, also for "pussy"

(Really there are plenty of other options for penis as well, such as ๐ŸŒฝ "ear of corn" or ๐Ÿ•น "joystick", but folks seem to have settled on the eggplant.)

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I use the peach emoji to indicate pussy, and/or implied as any fleshy hole a man would want to penetrate.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Won't you look at that, a winking asshole.

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's what it meant back in the 90s. I was initially confused when people started using the emoji to mean butt.

[โ€“] fubo 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The peach emoji was added in Unicode 6.0 ... which came out in 2010. How were you using it in the 1990s?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about emoji. I'm talking about, well, talk. Words.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If I had my little way

[โ€“] Agent641 1 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] Zahille7 6 points 11 months ago

I've seen plenty of people online use cat emojis for vagina.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve always thought the peach was for that.

[โ€“] Siegfried 2 points 11 months ago

I think it was originally for that but thots started associating it with their butt

[โ€“] frostysauce 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm old enough to remember when a peach was a vagina.

[โ€“] feedum_sneedson 2 points 11 months ago

You know, I can eat a peach for hours.

[โ€“] TheRedSpade 1 points 11 months ago

Odd that they should represent either as peaches tend to be much less palatable.

[โ€“] Siegfried 1 points 11 months ago

Dame mas de tu limรณn ๐Ÿ‹