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馃懟 Ghost emoji
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What does聽馃懟 Ghost emoji mean?
The Ghost emoji 馃懟 depicts a cartoonish looking figure in white, shaped like a teardrop or bubble with arms and round black spots for eyes.
It usually pertains to scary things and, of course, to Halloween. In texting, it can mean that someone is not feeling like themselves, they are feeling inconsequential or invisible; it can mean, “hey,聽boo;” and it can mean the texter finds something to be surprisingly creepy.
Where does 馃懟 Ghost emoji come from?
Don’t be haunted by the many ways the Ghost emoji 馃懟 is used! Ghosts represent all kinds of things鈥攖he past, the unknown, people who have died, people who want to be invisible, premonitions or “feelings,” paranormal events, and more. There are even a whole bunch of words for the … thing: specter, spirit, spook, ghoul, phantasm, apparition, wraith, and poltergeist, to name a few.
So basically we needed the 骋丑辞蝉迟听emoji 馃懟聽… bad. It聽was approved as part of聽Unicode 6.0聽in 2010 and added to聽Emoji 1.0聽in 2015.聽In most platforms, it’s shown smiling, and, for some reason, its tongue is usually hanging out. (The Google ghoul is actually winking … boo!)
Examples of 馃懟 Ghost emoji
Who uses 馃懟 Ghost emoji?
The Ghost emoji 馃懟 is used, of course, in relation to Halloween, but it’s also used in posts about things that are scary or unsettling. Like horror movies. Or tattoos.
In texting, it can mean that someone is not feeling like themselves, they are feeling inconsequential or invisible; it can mean, “hey boo,” and it can mean the texter finds something to be surprisingly creepy.
NEW TATTOO
Ghost Bear 馃懟馃惢— Pape (@PapetheGreat)
Now, I鈥檓 watching epid. Not a kid anymore but I wanna go there. 馃憖馃懟馃槇馃槺馃悏馃惏馃恶馃
— Rena (@sailormoon1979)
Staying in the UK鈥檚 oldest hotel & trying not to think about the ghost potential. 馃懟
— Natalie Rodgers (@Natalie_Scala)
I started with the most craziest abandoned buildings i've ever explored! Today is an old Abandoned Mansion from the French Civil War and explored this mansion to as well. 100 likes and i'll drop the 3 AM challenge this week of this place!鉃★笍馃懟
— Real JefStetics World (@ItsJeffreyBrah)
Booking a trip to Salem for Halloween馃槏馃檶馃徏馃巸馃懟
— Miranda Turnbull (@mirandaturnbull)
It’s used in posts about cute (but maybe a little naughty) pooches, too.
My little monster 馃懟
— EMG (@ethan_g11)
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