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Emojis and what they REALLY mean to teens

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Do you know your eggplant from your mailbox?

For most of us, emojis are a fun and harmless addition to our social feeds – a smiley face to cheer someone up; a birthday cake to help someone celebrate.

However, kids today are using emojis to chat in their own code, and the meanings will surprise you!

Here’s the low-down on the more common so you are no longer in the dark.
(Note: as we are kid-friendly, we’ve done it all in the most respectable language we could manage!)

Cherries

To us mamas, Cherries are where the milk comes from. To the teens it’s more of the perky variety.

Peach

A bum. Yep, we can use that word in front of the kids!

Eggplant

Ahem, it’s not a vegetable, it’s a male doodle.

Circus Tent

A tricky one to describe in a kid-appropriate way, but it refers to a doodle coming out to play.

Dancing bunny girls

Though they might look like they are dressed up for ballet class, this is also used to refer to women of the night.

Love hotel

Used to represent a different style of hotel where you can stay by the hour and meet dancing bunny girls.

Shifty eyes

Kids send this as a suggestion to send a selfie that your Gran would NOT approve of.

Dizzy emoji

Referring to something x-rated.

Mailbox

Yep, you’ve got mail. But this emoji also refers to having a roll in the hay.

Splash

Though a lot of adults use this for innocently jumping into the pool, to the teens it means a man finishing up a roll in the hay.

Girl with hands on head

This apparently is called the ‘Yes’ emoji. Which suddenly makes the teen-speak version makes understandable – as it means a female finishing up a roll in the hay!

Fire

You are on fire… in the ‘roll in the hay’ sort of way.

Silent face

If you see this on your kid’s device, don’t ignore it. It is used to threaten someone to keep quiet.

Syringe

Yep, it does have drug connotations, but teens are also using it to chat about getting a tattoo.

Wind

Nothing to do with the weather, this is used to indicate smoking, or taking a puff.

Snowflake

Powdery like the snow but with totally different results, the snowflake emoji refers to the white powder that Scarface enjoyed.

Mad face

Yep, it is often used for being mad. But kids are also using it to refer to MDMA.

Maple leaf

Quite an easy one one, the maple leaf is used to refer to cannabis.

Rocket

Another drug reference, it’s used in relation to those of high potency.

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By Claire Gilligan
WITH A FIFO HUSBAND WHO WORKS AWAY WEEKS AT A TIME, CLAIRE ENJOYS FINDING FUN, LOCAL THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO VISIT TO OCCUPY HER AND HER TWO GIRLS' TIME. ORIGINALLY FROM SYDNEY, CLAIRE AND HER FAMILY LOVE ALL THE THINGS THE SUNSHINE COAST HAS TO OFFER AND ENJOY SHOWING IT OFF TO VISITING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

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