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Today is World Emoji Day, and the Unicode Consortium is sharing a preview of some of the new emoji that should hit your devices early next year as part of Unicode 17.0. If you ask me, it’s a promising batch, especially the Bigfoot emoji — sorry, “hairy creature.”
The list includes these emoji, according to the Consortium:
Apple core
Ballet dancers
Distorted Face
Fight cloud
Hairy creature
Orca
Treasure chest
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