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Everyone be using the eggplant emoji as a penis euphemism, I have two thoughts on this ... (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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  1. over time this might affect our collective consciousness in regards to the purpose & function of the eggplant; and

  2. can we please just get a straightforward penis emoji already?? Half the human population has a penis attached to their bodies anyway, why are we still so prude about incorporating actual penises into mainstream vernacular & daily life?

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[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Here's an oddity ... people use ๐Ÿ† "eggplant" for penis, and ๐Ÿ‘ "peach" for butt, but there doesn't seem to be a general consensus on which emoji to use for vulva. Some options include:

  • Flowers such as ๐ŸŒท "tulip" or ๐ŸŒน "rose"
  • ๐Ÿš "spiral shell"; compare South American Spanish concha
  • ๐Ÿฆช "oyster"; which has a visible pearl (i.e. clitoris) on many systems
  • Food items whose names are used as slang for vulva, such as ๐Ÿฏ "honey pot" or ๐ŸŒฎ "taco"
  • ๐Ÿ‘› "purse"; compare the origin of the word "pussy" in English
  • Any of the various cat emoji, also for "pussy"

(Really there are plenty of other options for penis as well, such as ๐ŸŒฝ "ear of corn" or ๐Ÿ•น "joystick", but folks seem to have settled on the eggplant.)

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I use the peach emoji to indicate pussy, and/or implied as any fleshy hole a man would want to penetrate.

[โ€“] ji17br@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I concur ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Won't you look at that, a winking asshole.

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

; *

[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's what it meant back in the 90s. I was initially confused when people started using the emoji to mean butt.

[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The peach emoji was added in Unicode 6.0 ... which came out in 2010. How were you using it in the 1990s?

[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about emoji. I'm talking about, well, talk. Words.

[โ€“] Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

and songs!

[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

If I had my little way

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Peachussy

[โ€“] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I've seen plenty of people online use cat emojis for vagina.

[โ€“] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve always thought the peach was for that.

[โ€“] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I think it was originally for that but thots started associating it with their butt

[โ€“] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm old enough to remember when a peach was a vagina.

[โ€“] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

You know, I can eat a peach for hours.

[โ€“] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Odd that they should represent either as peaches tend to be much less palatable.

[โ€“] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Dame mas de tu limรณn ๐Ÿ‹