Pile of Poo emoji

The Pile of poo emoji as it appears in Noto
The emoji as it appears on Twitter and Snapchat

, also known just simply as Poo (on iOS devices), is an emoji resembling a coiled pile of feces usually adorned with a "friendly smile".[1] It is used to convey dissatisfaction.[2]

The emoji is in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs Unicode block: U+1F4A9 💩 PILE OF POO (HTML 💩).[3]

History

In 1998 or 1999, Japanese mobile operators NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank Mobile each defined their own variants of emoji using proprietary standards, the first of which was created by NTT DoCoMo employee Shigetaka Kurita.[4]

In 2007, Google, looking to expand its presence in Japan and Asia as a whole, partnered with au to develop emoji for Gmail, a project codenamed "Mojo". Gmail's design for the pile of poo emoji lacked a face and was circled above by animated flies. When deciding which emoji to include, Takeshi Kishimoto, Google's Japanese product manager, went directly to the manager of Gmail and convinced him that the pile of poo emoji was the "most useful" emoji. This was corroborated by a statistical analysis undertaken by Google to determine which emoji were the most popular among Japanese users. According to Google software engineer Darick Tong the pile of poo emoji was "way up there" in terms of popularity. Design for the emoji was left to Google Doodle artists Ryan Germick and Susie Sahim, who sought to put a "Google spin" on the existing emojis. They drew inspiration from the existing emoji designs as well as the character Poop-Boy from the Dr. Slump manga by Akira Toriyama. They limited themselves to a size of 15×15 pixels and colors used only in Google's logo.[5][6]

In 2017, a "frowning pile of poo" emoji was shortlisted for inclusion in a future Unicode release.[7] It was added to Unicode in Unicode 6.0, and to Unicode's official emoji documentation in 2015.[8]

Popularity

ABC News' Samantha Selinger-Morris states in her 2016 article that the smiling poop emoji is "one of the most popular emojis in existence" due to its "ineffable charm" and "ability to transcend language barriers and political differences." As such, it has been featured on Mylar birthday balloons and cupcakes.[9] In 2016, a termite mound in Western Australia was transformed into a smiling poop emoji by a couple with supplies from Kmart.[10]

Adaptations

The icon is a character in 2017's The Emoji Movie, voiced by Patrick Stewart.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "💩 Pile of Poo Emoji". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ McDermott, Kirstie (8 March 2015). "8 Emojis You Might Not Know The Real Meaning Of | Stellar". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Unicode Character 'PILE OF POO' (U+1F4A9)". FileFormat.info. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sternbergh, Adam (16 November 2014). "Smile, You're Speaking Emoji". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Schwartzberg, Lauren (18 November 2014). "The Oral History Of The Poop Emoji (Or, How Google Brought Poop To America) | Fast Company". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Healy, Claire (12 May 2015). "What does the stinky poop emoji really mean? | Dazed". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kangaroo, Softball, Frowning Poo Emojis Possible For 2018". Emojipedia. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  8. ↑ "Emoji Data for UTR #51". Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Selinger-Morris, Samantha (9 December 2016). "Why are we so passionate about the smiling poop emoji? - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Lieu, Johnny (5 July 2016). "Poop emoji made from a termite mound is the roadside art we need". Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Amidi, Amid (October 10, 2016). "'Emojimovie: Express Yourself' Promises To Make You A Better Person". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (January 18, 2017). "Patrick Stewart to Voice Poop Emoji in 'Emoji Movie'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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