Emoji dictionary
馃崒 Banana emoji
[buh-nan-uh ih-moh-jee]
What does聽锟拣煃� Banana emoji mean?
Depicting a partially peeled banana fruit, the聽banana emoji聽is variously used to suggest a penis, acting wild and crazy, slipping up, and the actual fruit.
Where does 馃崒 Banana emoji come from?
The banana emoji, as its officially called, was first introduced in 2010 under Unicode 6.0. While it’s a popular fruit, the phallic likeness of the 产补苍补苍补听emoji quickly lent it as a symbol for penis on social media and text messages.
In the late 2010s, popular media often noted the sexual suggestion of the banana emoji, with many articles instructing parents on the “secret meanings” of seemingly innocuous emoji like the banana in their children’s online communication.
As a representation of the penis, the banana emoji joins the eggplant emoji, which is even more widely used in this way online.
Examples of 馃崒 Banana emoji
I just wanna peel the clothes off ya body like a banana 馃槒馃崒
Who uses 馃崒 Banana emoji?
On social media, people may add the聽banana emoji to mark or emphasize content discussing sex or penises, especially when posting revealing selfies. Though sexual, the emoji often carries a playful or humorous tone.
Other uses of the banana emoji are more innocent. People use the emoji when talking about the banana as a fruit, food, and flavor (e.g.,聽I’m craving a strawberry & banana smoothie馃崜馃崒).
The banana emoji is also used to suggest “crazy,” drawing on the idioms聽That’s bananas!听辞谤 Go bananas! For instance, “The overtime of the football聽was absolutely 馃崒馃崒馃崒!”. By extension, people may use the emoji to express extreme excitement, as if they are “going crazy” over something (e.g., I聽馃崒 can’t聽馃崒 wait聽馃崒 for聽馃崒 the聽馃崒 Beyonc茅聽馃崒concert).
Cartoons have long employed the gag of characters slipping on a banana peel for physical comedy. Texters and tweeters sometimes draw on this gag when they post, say, “Don’t slip up聽馃崒” or “Break a leg聽馃崒” as a way of wishing someone luck or digitally “crossing their fingers.”
Bananas, finally, are associated with primates, and so people may incorporate the banana emoji in content dealing with monkeys or when using the idiom monkey business, making the banana emoji a suggestion of mischief.
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