Parents from all over are protesting the peach emoji
A simple emoji that led to a whole lot of drama...
These parents are looking to im-peach the emoji we all know, the simple peach emoji.
According to Urban dictionary and frequent social media users, the peach emoji is a double entendre.
Its first meaning is simple, that it's a fruit. The second meaning is that it is known as a butt emoji that has sexual connotations.
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See the protest news of how "booties aren't fruities" below:
Shouting for peach emoji reclamation! pic.twitter.com/PH6OlKMUUj
— M_U_P_P_E_T_S (@M_U_P_P_E_T_S) May 27, 2022
When this emoji was launched, it was not created with this intention. Due to colloquial adaptation of emojis into text, this emoji became known as such due to its similarities to a person's buttocks.
Internet culture has caused one's mind to 'go to the gutter' when one uses this emoji and it is now rarely used for its intended purpose.
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One user said: "There's like a million bigger issues and people are going to protest the peach emoji instead."
Another noted that there are several other emojis that have other "sexual" meanings behind them, such as the eggplant emoji and cherries.
If they got rid of this emoji, people would always find something else. This would also open up a plethora of issues with other emojis.
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