Forget about the egg plant: this is the new most sexually suggestive emoji

FIRST it was the egg plant. Now Apple has released its new emoji figures and there is a surprising winner of the people’s vote for the most sexually suggestive.

The new bowing emoji in Apple iOS10 has been called the most sexually suggestive emoji yet.

IF you haven’t been able to look at an egg plant in the same way thanks to the sexually suggestive emoji, you might want to look away now.

Apple this week released more than 100 new and redesigned emoji that will be released as part of its iOS10 update.

While the initial focus was on the greater gender representation and the switch from a real gun to a water pistol, the discussion has now turn to other things.

🔫 Pistol changed to a toy gun emoji in iOS 10 beta 4 https://t.co/wboWiY51bm pic.twitter.com/SpA96aVG9s

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) August 2, 2016

Does a seemingly innocent emoji people use every day to show awe and respect actually suggest a sexual act?

Jeremy Burge, founder of the Emojipedia website and a leading authority on emoji use, discovered the hidden meaning some people see in one of the new emojis when people kept pointing it out on Twitter.

People are giving these new bowing emojis sexual connotations, and now I can’t unsee. They’re fine though…right? pic.twitter.com/6HShfs6o3h

— Jeremy Burge ⌚️ (@jeremyburge) August 4, 2016

According to the Unicode description of the figure, it’s a person bowing deeply, known as dogeza in Japan, and is used to express a sincere apology or request a large favour.

Used in context, it’s totally appropriate. But if a picture can say 1000 words, to some people this picture is saying something else.

To describe it in polite terms, to many people commenting to Emojipedia today, the illustration suggests an oral act.

Meaning, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and to some people with an eye for these things the meaning of this emoji is something else.

Agree with them or not, you might want to think twice before sending the bowing emoji. And if you do use it, best not to follow up with an egg plant.

Originally published as Forget about the egg plant: this is the new most sexually suggestive emoji