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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
  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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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.)

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

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

[-] ji17br@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago
[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago
[-] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

If I had my little way

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You know, I can eat a peach for hours.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Dame mas de tu limรณn ๐Ÿ‹

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