The poo emoji, popularly known as "pile of poop", is popular on social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram as well as on the various web messaging tools. It is very popular with Internet users, especially in Japan. In this article, we detail the information you need to know about this emoji. 💩.
The origin of the emoji 💩
This emoji is from a 2007 and 2009 proposal, the details of which are presented below:
Emoji Proposition 1 💩
- Number : L2/07-257
- Last name : Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols (Associated tables in ZIP file)
- Proposed by : Markus Scherer, Kat Momoi, Mark Davis
- Year of proposal: 2007
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.257, 2007 HTML: EMOJI WD / No.257, 2007 ZIP: EMOJI WD TABLE
Emoji Proposition 2 💩
- Number : L2/09-026
- Last name : Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
- Proposed by : Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer, Mark Davis, Yasuo Kida, Peter Edberg (Apple Inc.), Darick Tong (Google Inc.)
- Year of proposal: 2009
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.026, 2009 PDF: R EMOJI PROPOSED / No.026, 2009 PDF: EMOJI PROPOSED
Proposal L2/07‑257(2007), L2/09‑026(2009) was approved by the Unicode Consortium and in 2015-06-02 it was released as Emoji version 1.0.
The meaning and different uses of the emoji 💩
Among the smileys related to the theme of disguise, we find the poo emoji. It is most often used to create a humorous effect in different contexts. This emoji is depicted as a pile of rolled-up feces, much like the shape of brown ice cream, with two round eyes and a smiling mouth.
About some platforms messaging, this emoji is depicted a little smoky to look like a recent defecation.
Regardless of its appearance, this emoji is always used to convey a lack of morality, opposition or disagreement, or a low level. However, it is also used directly as a poo. It is used to lighten the tone of a conversation, to turn into a joke for example.
The poop emoji can be used in several types of sentences, here are some examples:
- Hmm, it smells like 💩.
- My brother just told me he got a math grade he's afraid to show mom the copy 💩.
- No, I don't agree with this idea 💩.
1The characteristics of the emoji 💩
Generally used to joke, you should know that it is not to everyone that we send a poo emoji. It is better to use it in exchanges with people who are close to you and who know your way of speaking. Indeed, it is an emoji belonging in a very familiar register, whose characteristics are summarized in the table below:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | pile of poop |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | Face-suit |
| Apple designation | turd |
| code point | U+1F4A9 Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128169 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | Face-poo-drawing-poop-pile of poop |
| Other names | Pile of poo emoji;
dung emoji; · Smoking Manure Emoji; · turd emoji; poop emoji (colloquial register) |
Now you know the origin, meaning, uses and characteristics of the Poop Pile Smiley 💩. Use it in your conversations to joke around.
