Emoji dictionary
馃 Zipper Mouth Face emoji
[zip-er mouth feys ih-moh-jee]
What does聽馃 Zipper Mouth Face emoji mean?
The zipper-mouth face emoji depicts a face and two eyes, with the mouth appearing as a silver zipper, complete with a dangling zipper pull.
It’s used for a number of things, ranging from “not a lot of talking going on here” to “don’t talk about it.”
Where does 馃 Zipper Mouth Face emoji come from?
An early Google version of the hushed face emoji 馃槸聽(which looks more surprised than hushed, but that’s the name of it) featured a face with a zipper mouth. It was deleted with Android 6.0.1.
The official zipper-mouth face emoji聽was approved as part of聽Unicode 8.0聽in 2015 and added to聽Emoji 1.0聽in 2015.
It’s often used as a signal to shut up … whether given to someone else or for yourself.
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Examples of 馃 Zipper Mouth Face emoji
Who uses 馃 Zipper Mouth Face emoji?
This emoji seems to confuse people … but, most often, the idea is along the lines of keeping your mouth shut, perhaps as a filtering device or in keeping a secret (as in, “what happens in Vegas, stays in vegas”):
Or, as a philosophical musing:
Speak鈽猴笍 only when you feel that
Your words are better than your silence 馃攪 馃馃憤馃憤— Waiting to Dr.MSG (@InsanKaithal)
Or … “We’re so busy, we’re not doing much talking:”
We ain鈥檛 doing to much talking 馃槾馃弨馃馃拤
— 馃叞锔廘ayeh鈥�(King馃檹馃従馃憫) (@AJGotGame22)
Or … shhh, it’s a secret:
that鈥檚 why her hairs so big it鈥檚 full of secrets 馃
— Nips 馃 (@inevermissabeat)
Sometimes, the message is, “Someone should have spoken up!”
some of y鈥檃ll are like 鈥渢he only person who can give me riding advice is my trainer鈥� when your stirrups are two holes too long, which negatively affects your riding, and your so called trainer has never said a word about it 馃
— Kate Kosnoff (@katekosnoff)
It has potential for a number of creepy uses because it’s kinda creepy looking:
馃 if anyone still wants makeup done dm me!
— yasmine kobeissi (@YasmineKobeissi)
And, sometimes we’re not sure why it’s being used. Spida though!
OH MY GOODNESS 馃槺馃槺馃槺
DONOVAN MITCHELL WITH THE ACROBATIC UP AND UNDER 馃暦馃敟馃
— LiveFeedLouisville鈩� (@LiveFeedLville)
The best motivational speaker I ever met 馃
— Limpsking_SA (@PretoMfana)
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