Where does ๐ซ๏ธ Fog emoji and ๐ Foggy emoji come from?
Foggy emoji is slightly older than the fog emoji.
It was approved under Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Also popularly called fog, foggy city or fog bridge, this emoji depicts a city or bridge shrouded in fog, as shown in the screenshot from Emojipedia below.
Foggy emoji / Emojipedia
Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Samsung, and WhatsApp’s bridges resemble San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco is known for its foggy weatherโand it doesn’t hurt that many of these tech companies are headquartered in the city.ย
San Francisco was Incredible! ๐ pic.twitter.com/QTYWMbiZY1
— Raven Carruthers (@ravencarruthers) February 6, 2019
The fog emoji was approved by Unicode 7.0ย in 2014. Its appearance is fairly uniform across platforms. It looks like, well, fog: a cluster of thick, grayish-white clouds.
Microsoft’s design, though, is more representational, featuring three, gray, wavy lines, as shown in the screenshot from Emojipedia below.
Fog emoji / Emojipedia
Examples of ๐ซ๏ธ Fog emoji and ๐ Foggy emoji
Who uses ๐ซ๏ธ Fog emoji and ๐ Foggy emoji?
True to their name, the fogย and foggyย emoji are used for foggy, cloudy, hazy, and even snowy weather.
It's a foggy morning in High Wycombe today! ๐จ๐ซ๏ธ
Do take care on the roads and paths and enjoy the #FridayFeeling ๐ pic.twitter.com/Aab01XaaVc
— Bucks New University (@BucksNewUni) February 15, 2019
#Seattle in the snow. ๐จ๏ธ๐ก๐โ๏ธ
๐ธ: jeremygonzo via Instagram pic.twitter.com/qthSNlfuOT
— Downtown Seattle (@downtownseattle) February 9, 2019
They are also both used for metaphorical fogs, like when someone only has a foggy idea or feels like they are in a fog.
So #Brexit delayed ๐ซ๏ธ future unclear… To help my poor eyes I added the most probable way after #MeaningfulVote Tuesday night
thanks @jonworth for this รผberbrexitdiagram ๐ช#Brexit pic.twitter.com/LbtsihbbLW
— Bernd ๐ช๐บ Hรผttemann (@huettemann) January 13, 2019
If your gonna sub-tweet about anyone๐, make it as vague๐ as you possibly can๐โฆ but hey๐ฏ, if you want them to notice๐โฆ be my guest๐๐ถ
— ใฝฮยฉ}{ฮปโฌล แฉ. (@MikeQuality) January 14, 2014
Thanks to the appearance of the Golden Gate Bridge on many platforms, foggy emoji is often used to represent San Francisco or the Bay Area, or for bridges, both physical and metaphorical.
You are all I have๐โฅ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/NfDALCMznk
— โข (@x_ililr) February 14, 2019
The fog emoji, meanwhile, is sometimes used to represent mist generally …
Walking into existence…โ๏ธ
A warm mist surrounds me.๐ซ๏ธ
A light rewarding persistence…๐
A universal showing of rhapsody.๐ @protobacillus #peace #love #poetry
Image: https://t.co/HJ35hMuZpm pic.twitter.com/8JmaqsRVjx— Peace Vibes (@PeaceVibesPromo) February 11, 2019
… and haze, as generated by smoking pot.
Cloud chasing ๐ซ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/h85hNRXWkv
— Zakkary (@ZakikiSuico) February 13, 2019
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