About
The Skull and Crossbones emoji (☠️) is the digital equivalent of dramatically throwing the back of your hand to your forehead and declaring 'I am deceased!' It's what we reach for when something is so funny, embarrassing, or shocking that we've metaphorically died from the sheer intensity of it all. This little death symbol has become the internet's way of saying 'that killed me' without any actual mortality involved.
Platforms
Vibe & Tone
dramatic deathdramaticplayfulsarcasticmixed
About
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
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When to use ☠️
- →Reacting to something hilariously funny
- →Expressing dramatic embarrassment or cringe
- →Showing you're 'dying' from secondhand embarrassment
- →Adding pirate theme to messages
- →Indicating something metaphorically 'killed' you with its intensity
Keywords
skullandcrossbonesbonedeaddeathfacemonstersmileysemotion
Related Concepts
i'm deadthat killed medying laughingcringe deathsecondhand embarrassmenttoo funnymortifiedpirate vibesdramatic deathcomedy gold
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 2620
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 1
Did you know?
Originally a symbol of actual danger and poison warnings, this emoji has done a complete 180 to become one of the internet's favorite ways to express being 'dead' from laughter—proving that even death symbols can't escape becoming comedy gold online.
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