Yawning Face
π₯±
The yawning face π₯± was added in 2019 and quickly became the standard 'bored' reaction. It shows a face with eyes closed and a hand covering an open-mouthed yawn. Two main uses: literal sleepiness ('5am workout π₯±') and dismissive boredom ('this drama is so 2022 π₯±'). The dismissive meaning is particularly strong on Twitter, where π₯± is used to call out unoriginal takes, repeated content, or news that's no longer surprising. As a roast, it's lower-stakes than π or π€‘ β it suggests you're not even upset, you're just bored. In contexts where people share their early-morning routines, late-night work sessions, or jet-lagged travels, π₯± is the go-to literal yawn. Among the 'tired' emojis (π₯±, π΄, πͺ), π₯± is mid-yawn while π΄ is fully asleep.
When a guy sends π₯±, he's bored β either literally tired or expressing 'I've heard this before.' In Twitter replies, it's dismissive. To you directly, especially mid-conversation, it might signal he's losing interest. In a context like '4am flight π₯±,' it's just literal exhaustion.
A girl sending π₯± in a conversation might be bored or testing whether you'll spark her interest. On a tweet or post, it's a roast β she finds the take unoriginal. In her own captions about early mornings, late nights, or working late, it's literal. Read the situation: it's rarely neutral.
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Same codepoint U+1F971. Different drawings on different systems.
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