Emojipedia tweeted about Unicode’s approval of several new emoji on Wednesday, with a pinched finger gesture drawing excited attention from prospective users online. The gesture is being claimed as the “Italian emoji,” regardless of whether you’re Italian or not.
According to this tweet from Emojipedia, the emoji is known officially as “pinched fingers, with skin tone support.”
New in Emoji 13.0: Pinched Fingers, with skin tone support #Emoji2020 https://t.co/nSYHGVUTJn pic.twitter.com/AFGuZf2azR
— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020
While it is not yet available to consumers, the Italian emoji has already lended itself to jokes online. One user tweeted, “This emoji increases your Italian speaking abilities by 100%.”
This emoji increases your Italian speaking abilities but 100% https://t.co/YDIa05oUcR
— 3ajoora (@hassan_nawrani) January 30, 2020
This is going to be every italian mothers favorite emoji https://t.co/LZ6qJSpW6Y
— ART DADDY (@carolinedee_) January 30, 2020
Even people who aren’t Italian are preparing to see this emoji from their loved ones who are.
“I’m married to an Italian-American from NJ so I’m preparing myself for an overwhelming use of this emoji,” one user wrote.
https://twitter.com/NotAlexis/status/1222743586564984832
Some users wrote that this was a long time coming, and now they can communicate that special *something* with their messages.
“I literally tweeted the other day that we need an Italian hand emoji,” a user wrote. “They know.”
I literally tweeted the other day that we need an Italian hand emoji. They know
— em (@emjonnes) January 30, 2020
Those with Italian mothers are already preparing to be yelled at via text in— you guessed it— Italian.
“Ah, now my Italian mother can yell at me about not doing the dishes and say I give her agita all with one emoji,” one user wrote.
https://twitter.com/megzybot/status/1222910259372724225
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