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New emojis for 2016!
Other | Thursday 28th May 2015 | Christina
Fresh off the back of the latest emoji update, the news has broken that we can expect a whole new batch of icons, 38 to be precise, in June next year. A selfie emoji, a shrug, a drooling face, left and right fists (perfect for virtual fist bumps), and a “call me” hand are all amongst the new bunch. There’s also a new version of the red dress dancing lady, complete with baby bump, offering a whole new way to break the news. And there are a few that we definitely don’t need - Mother Christmas and clown face, we’re looking at you.
However, food is where the real action is. We’re finally getting both bacon and avocado emojis. AMEN. Now we’ll be able to describe brunch without having to resort to words. A cucumber emoji is also slated to arrive, so the aubergine is going to be under some stiff competition. The biggest controversy though – still no taco or burrito emojis. This is a heinous oversight from Unicode Consortium, especially when you consider that they are giving us a croissant icon.
