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They are glyphes. You don't expect the roman letters to individually represent all concepts.

In the same way, emoji are glyphes and just symbols. We will attach meaning to each symbol, combinations of symbols and context, and will express whatever we want with it.

Just like people say "this is the shit", and "this is shit", and it says litterally the opposite of each other.

E.G: we already use the eggplant to talk about sex.




And disappointingly, all emojis used for sexual inuendo are excluded from the emoji kitchen.

The sexual inuendo combos may probably be some of the most used combos other than the official ones.

The prudishness really is disappointing.




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