Also known as emoticons, emojis are becoming increasingly present in web language. In fact, they've been around since 1997, when they were first used on MSN and AIM Messenger.
Making communications more human, emojis are currently widely used on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, among others. Here, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the eye emoji: its other names, its meanings and its possible associations with other emojis.
4 meanings of the eyes emoji:
The eyes emoji looks like a pair of wide-open eyes, looking to the left as shown above, or straight ahead. The direction of the eyes emoji varies depending on the platform. The eyes emoji was assigned the code U+F440 and added to the emoticons and characters (Person and Body) section of the Unicode 6.0 standard in 2010.
It's worth noting that the eye emoji doesn't have the same meanings as the eye emoji. The latter represents sight and vision, while the eye emoji was designed with the aim ofattract attention. In the literal sense, the eye emoji can also mean look at certain things, want certain things, monitor Where interested in certain things.
Here are the 4 main meanings of this emoji 👀:
→Surprise, attention and fiction
With an eye emoji, you can attract attention of your interlocutor on a thing, on an event, or on a precise subject:
- Have you seen the buzz about Marie making headlines?
- Tomorrow's game is going to be hot. Don't forget to go see it!
With this emoji you can also show that:
- You are shocked What did you say? You think you're better? No, but look at you!"
- You are surprised "No, but if you saw that, I couldn't believe my eyes!"
→Monitoring and control
Since we're talking about eye emoji, we're more about theobservation, the surveillance and the controlwhich implies hunting, coping and spying. However, it can also be used to express theunpleasant feeling to feel observed or spied on.
→Seduction and approval
The eye emoji allows you to show a a certain attraction towards something or someone.
- For example, you like a photo and would like to see more by saying to the one who sent him to you: "please show me more".
- On the seduction side, you tell someone to send you a photo of themselves, or you comment on the photo of someone you like, you can use this emoji as follows: "Very pretty, beware the eyes ! "
→Denial and discomfort
You can use the eye emoji whenever you like do not answer to an inappropriate question by looking sideways.
When you face a slightly perverted remark that makes you feel uncomfortable, you can also use it to respond to it.
Other names for the eyes emoji:
The eyes emoji represents a pair of eyes that are wide open. The two eyes that look to the left on most platforms are in a cartoonish shape, a bit like in cartoons to give the fun side. This eyes emoji has 5 different names, such as:
- Emoji mirettes
- Emoji faraway look
- Emoji eyeballs
- Emoji look
- Emoji large eyes
Possible associations of other emojis with the eyes emoji to illustrate expressions:
Here is a table that summarizes the combined use of the Eyes emoji with other emojis:
| Phrases | Emoji Associations | Meaning of expressions |
| Act with eyes closed | 🔒👀 | Act with confidence |
| To make Googoo Eyes | 👀🍯 | seek to please |
| Throw dust in the eyes | 👀❇️ | Attempting to amaze with deceptive appearances |
| Do not be cold in the eyes | 👀🧊 | be bold |
| Being pregnant up to the eyes | 👀🤰 | Having a very advanced pregnancy |
| Have stars in your eyes | 🤩👀 | be in heaven |
| between four eyes | 👀↔️👀 | In private |
These are just some of the meanings of the eye emoji. Next time, you can use it when you get the chance and want to express yourself more.
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