About
The Crab emoji (🦀) is your go-to for everything from Cancer season celebrations to declaring yourself crabby about Monday mornings. This sideways-walking crustacean perfectly captures that particular mood when you're feeling a little defensive, a little snappy, or just want to reference the superior way of moving through life.
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Vibe & Tone
defensive sassplayfulsarcasticdefensivemixed
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- Category
- Animals & Nature
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When to use 🦀
- →Representing Cancer zodiac sign in astrology posts
- →Expressing a crabby or irritable mood
- →Talking about seafood meals or beach trips
- →Referencing Maryland or coastal culture
- →Playfully calling someone sideways or difficult
Keywords
crabcancerzodiacanimalsnature
Related Concepts
cancer zodiaccrabby moodseafoodbeach vibessidewayspinchydefensivehoroscopeocean lifeshellfish
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F980
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 1
Did you know?
Despite being one of the original emoji from 2012, the crab emoji has become surprisingly popular in meme culture for representing 'crab mentality'—the idea that crabs in a bucket will pull down any crab trying to escape, used to describe toxic group dynamics.
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