❓ What it means
The 💩 emoji is a cheerful yet straightforward symbol for feces.
However, it is more commonly used in a playful, light-hearted way to describe something that is bad, awful, or a complete mess.
It can also be used to show that you are completely over a situation.
It features a soft-serve style swirl of brown poop, but with a wide, friendly smile and two large, happy eyes.
The silly design of the emoji is what makes it so popular for bathroom humor and sarcastic comments alike.
🎯 When to use it
- To describe a bad situation:
"My day was a total 💩"or"That movie was 💩" - As a playful way to express disgust:
"Ew, that is so gross 💩" - For literal bathroom humor:
"I need to go to the bathroom 💩" - To show you are over a person or a situation:
"I'm so over this 💩"
🔗 Related Emojis
- 🤢 Nauseated Face: A green face with a sickly look, used for when something is truly disgusting or unpleasant.
- 🤮 Face Vomiting: A more extreme emoji used to show extreme disgust or to joke about something that is terrible.
- 🙃 Upside-Down Face: A playful emoji often used to show irony or sarcasm, which can be paired with the poop emoji for a humorous tone.
- 🚽 Toilet: The perfect literal companion to the poop emoji.
🤓 Fun Fact
The cheerful design of the 💩 emoji is a result of its origin in Japanese emoji sets, which are known for their cute and whimsical style.
This friendly design is key to its popularity, as it makes an otherwise unpleasant subject harmless and funny, which is why it’s so popular among both children and adults.