biting lip
Unicode: 1FAE6
Description
A yellow circular face with a dot (period) for an eye and a dash (hyphen) for a mouth, often depicted squiggly. It typically conveys a sense of being 'underwhelmed' or 'meh'.
Group:
People & Body > body-parts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents apathy, indifference, boredom, mild disappointment, or a lack of enthusiasm. It's used when something is unremarkable or fails to impress.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 14.0 (2021) as part of a continued effort to provide emojis for more nuanced and subtle emotional expressions. Its creation was likely driven by the need for an emoji to convey the feeling of being 'underwhelmed' or 'unimpressed', which was not perfectly captured by existing emojis like the neutral face.
Usage Examples
- When explaining how a movie was: 'It was okay, I guess. 🪮'
- Reacting to mild news: 'Oh, that already happened. 🪮'
- Expressing indifference: 'Do you want to go? 🪮'
- When something wasn't as good as expected: 'The food was... edible. 🪮'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to express unenthusiastic reactions, mild annoyance, or a 'whatever' attitude. Often implies something is ordinary or not exciting.
East Asian culture:
May be used similarly to express mild disinterest or a lack of strong feelings, sometimes replacing more direct expressions of boredom or disappointment.