Online, this is the default flex for honeymoon reveals, overwater-bungalow boasts, and “WFH (Working From Hammock)” captions. Expect it alongside palm trees, wave, and cocktail emojis when someone’s posting lagoon-blue thirst traps or hyping surf edits from Teahupo’o—especially after the Paris 2024 surfing spotlight. It also signals pride for locals and the diaspora, often paired with the tiare flower and sunny “ia orana” greetings.
Used sarcastically, it shows up when someone’s sipping coconut water beside a kiddie pool, or when the group chat dreams of Bora Bora but the budget screams “bora-broke.” In DMs it can read flirtatious—“let’s run away to Tahiti”—or melodramatic: “I’m booking a one-way if Monday emails hit different.”
This emoji flies the flag of French Polynesia—think Tahiti, Bora Bora, and that IRL lock-screen fantasy. On Apple devices it’s a small, softly waving rectangle on a silver pole: red at the top and bottom, white band in the middle, and a round badge centered with a golden sun over blue waves, a red outrigger canoe, and five tiny figures—instant island vibes in miniature. That circular emblem is the giveaway that keeps it from being confused with Austria, Monaco, or Indonesia’s red-and-white lookalikes.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 9 update.
