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   🅱️ B Button emoji

   Content warning: The following article contains offensive, racist language, included to document the real-world use of this term. The negative squared Latin capital letter B emoji, 🅱️, (that's a mouthful) has come a long away from…
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   💀 Skull emoji

   The Skull emoji 💀 shows a simple skull, not to be confused with the Skull and Crossbones ☠️ emoji ... that one is completely different, of course. The black cavities of the Skull emoji 💀, where…
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   🥨 Pretzel emoji

   The pretzel emoji 🥨 depicts a salty, heart-shaped, twisted pretzel. The emoji is commonly used in posts about pretzels and other baked treats. It's also commonly associated with Germany 🇩🇪 and baseball ⚾. Sometimes, the…
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   bootch

   Bootch is an alternative pronunciation or spelling of botch, butch, or bitch. It can also be an alternative form of booch, a slang word for "cocaine."
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   tin roof, rusted

   A lyric from The B-52's hit song "Love Shack," tin roof, rusted is interpreted by some to mean "pregnant," usually with an unintended baby.
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   folx

   A variation on the word folks, folx is meant to be a gender-neutral way to refer to members of or signal identity in the LGBTQ+ community.
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   🥐 Croissant emoji

   The croissant, a delectable, flaky, crescent of pastry goodness, is represented in emoji-land by a simple illustration—in golden brown and yellow tones—that almost looks good enough to eat. It's used in posts about food (specifically…
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   🦎 Lizard emoji

   The lizard emoji is a straightforward small lizard, looking like a salamander or gecko with a long body, four short legs, two large eyes, and clearly outlined claws, or toes. It's used in all kinds…
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   🦃 Turkey emoji

   Gobble, gobble! The turkey emoji represents the ... well ... turkey and serves as a symbol for the American holiday of Thanksgiving. It also can signify non-holiday related feelings of gratitude.
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    🦜 Parrot emoji

    The parrot emoji depicts the colorful bird in a rainbow of hues over different digital platforms. The parrot is always sitting, or perched, facing to the left, but it appears variously in deep reds, emerald…
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    🌷 Tulip emoji

    A symbol of springtime, the lovely tulip is represented in the emoji world by tulips in various shades of pink and red, with almost every digital platform showing a stem and two long leaves reaching…
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    suh

    Suh can mean "sir" or the casual greeting "What's up?" It's also a common Korean surname.