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The Pickle Is In, the Squint Is Out: Here Are the Newest Approved Emoji

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It’s official: We’re getting a pickle emoji next year. On Tuesday, July 14, the Unicode Consortium announced the nine new emoji you’ll see on your device in 2027. One new emoji is the pickle, and that means the eggplant’s reign as the go-to emoji for male anatomy could be coming to an end.

Here are the nine new emoji you will see on your device next year.

  • A cracking face
  • A leftward thumb sign gesture
  • A rightward thumb sign gesture
  • A monarch butterfly
  • A pickle
  • A lighthouse
  • A meteor
  • An eraser
  • A net with a handle

The Unicode Consortium originally proposed a squinty face emoji in 2025. However, the Unicode Emoji Standard & Research Working Group recommended changing that emoji to a cracking face in January.

Honestly, the cracking face emoji feels more relevant to today than the squinty face emoji. The squinty face read as suspicious while the cracking...

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