🦖 T-Rex emoji
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What does 🦖 T-Rex emoji mean?
Depicting an image of a friendly-looking Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur, the T-rex emoji is used to share information or enthusiasm about dinosaurs … in general.
Related words:
- t-rexed
- t-rexting
- dinosaur emoji
Where does 🦖 T-Rex emoji come from?
The T-Rex emoji was approved in 2017 under Unicode 10.0. Its appearance varies across platforms, with Apple and Google featuring a green T-Rex, Samsung a red one, and Twitter a brown one. Facebook, meanwhile, displays just the open-mouthed head of the dinosaur, yellow-eyed and yellow-toothed.
🦖 T-Rex emoji: who did it best? https://t.co/nXkwnwz6wg pic.twitter.com/VAKkUy5Z3m
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) November 6, 2017
People really wanted the T-Rex emoji too. It was long sought after and people didn’t know what to do without it:
the t rex emoji is all I’ve ever wanted https://t.co/tjXQgSAf51
— mrs. lovett (@logannnmiller) July 17, 2017
Everyone in my work Slack channel gets to put their favorite animal next to their name except me.
The T. rex emoji can’t come fast enough pic.twitter.com/F6aNrvLhg9
— Specimen FMNH PR 2081 🦖 (@SUEtheTrex) May 2, 2017
Since its debut, the T-Rex emoji has spiked when dinosaurs have made popular news (e.g., upon the release of a new Jurassic Park LEGO set announced in 2018 in conjunction with the Jurassic World films).
Examples of 🦖 T-Rex emoji
It’s about to get Jurassic up in hurrr. 🏀🦖 @raptors...
Dinosaurs 🦖 didn’t vote 🗳, and we know what happened to them 🌎☄️! #postcardstovoters #fliplanecounty...
me: FML. tomorrow i’m turning... old / mom: old? what does that make me? / me: idk MOMMMM-?!!! old AF 🦖
Who uses 🦖 T-Rex emoji?
In most cases, the T-Rex emoji is used literally in social-media posts and online articles that have to do with dinosaurs. Museums and science centers use the emoji to share updates and pictures of dinosaur-themed exhibits, along with brands and fans spreading news about the Jurassic Park movies.
Users also incorporate the T-Rex emoji when discussing dinosaurs metaphorically (e.g., I feel like a dinosaur when I turn on the radio and don’t know any of the new songs 🦖).
While many use the T-Rex emoji to specifically denote that dinosaur, the emoji can also be used to emphasize or supplement content dealing with dinosaurs more generally. The T-Rex emoji can appear velociraptor-like on some platforms, so users may draw on the T-Rex emoji when discussing Raptor-named sports teams (i.e., NBA’s Toronto Raptors).
On social media, some people incorporate the T-Rex emoji into their handles and bios as a whimsical way to express their personality or nostalgic love of dinosaurs when growing up.
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