The squinting face with tongue is the chaotic cousin of the winky-tongue emojiโless flirt, more feral goblin energy. It screams, โIโm joking, donโt cancel me,โ after a pun, a mildly unhinged take, or a playful roast, and it doubles as a cartoony โblehโ when something is gross-but-funny. Think sour-candy face, brain-freeze drama, or that selfie you took mid-giggle where you committed to the bit. Itโs big in meme replies for chaotic neutral vibes, XD-era nostalgia, and TikTok comments where irony levels are off the charts.
On Apple/iOS, itโs a bright yellow face with tightly scrunched > < eyes, a wide open mouth, and a huge rosy-pink tongue sticking straight out, dominating the frame. The mouth interior is dark, the tongue is glossy, and thereโs that polished Apple gradient with a soft highlight up topโlike a cartoon snapshot of you doing the โsay ahhโ at the doctor while trying not to laugh. Compared to the winky-tongue, this one isn't flirty so much as sugar-rush silly, great for dramatizing an eww moment or softening sarcasm without sounding mean. Use it when youโre being goofy on purpose, roasting with training wheels, or admitting your take is unserious in the most unserious way.
Definition
A face with tightly-close (boomerang) eyes, open mouth and tongue sticking out. Just silly and undoubtedly friendly.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
52 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
Keywords
Tongue, Kidding, Silly, Playful, Ecstatic
Previous Names:
Face with Stuck-Out Tongue and Tightly-Closed Eyes Face with Stuck-Out Tongue and Closed Eyes
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600โ1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Editorial Comment
So happy you can't control yourself. Probably drunk. Kidding, not serious. iEmoji old name: Ecstatic.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Names & Annotations
FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND TIGHTLY-CLOSED EYES Old name: FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE * kidding, not serious Temporary Notes: with eyelids pulled down for additional effect
