The frowning face with open mouth is the universal โoh noโฆโ reactionโlike you just realized your micโs been on this entire Zoom call. It lands between disappointment and a soft gasp: not full-on scream, not tears, just a worried little whoops. People drop it for mini disasters (typo in your bio, card declined, spoiler you didnโt want) and for polite cringe or sympathetic winces. In texts and memes, it reads as โyikes,โ โsoft panic,โ or โI messed up but gently.โ It also does numbers as sarcastic drama when something minor goes wrong: forgot my coffee? Tragic, clearly.
Definition
A face with round eyes and wide downturned gapping mouth. This is the standard frowning face for emoji. The emoji is not a happy camper and is not afraid to hide it.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 6 update.
