Face With Tongue Emoji Meaning in Text & Slang
Copy 😛 to drop a Face With Tongue into any conversation. Part of Smileys & Emotion since Unicode 1.0, it keeps its meaning cross-platform even though Apple, Google and Samsung draw it slightly differently.
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😛 Face With Tongue Meaning in Text & Slang
😛 is officially Face With Tongue in the Smileys & Emotion set (Unicode 1.0). Dictionary meaning aside, most people meet it first in DMs, captions and status lines — where placement and pairing decide what it really says.
What does 😛 mean in texting?
What does 😛 mean in texting? Usually a casual, friendly nudge — "noted", "mood", "same" or playful emphasis — rather than its literal definition. On WhatsApp and Instagram it softens a message, adds humour or signals you don't mean it too seriously. Pairing matters: 😛 + 😭 = overwhelmed, 😛 + 🔥 = hype, lone 😛 = deadpan.
Meaning from a guy vs from a girl
Guy or girl, read 😛 by conversation stage. Early chatting: Face With Tongue is safe, non-committal friendliness. Crushing / dating: the same 😛 becomes a tone test — playful if they double-text, polite filler if they don't. Don't decode one emoji alone; decode frequency, pairing and reply speed with it.
Quick tip: tap Copy above to grab 😛, then paste it into WhatsApp, Snapchat or TikTok. Comparing slang? See the top 30 texting-slang emojis with 1-tap copy.
Technical Information
- Emoji: 😛
- Emoji Name: Face With Tongue
- Codepoints:
U+1F61B - HTML Entity:
😛 - Shortcodes:
:face_with_tongue: - Keywords: face, with, tongue, smileys & emotion, emoji, meaning, texting, slang, copy, paste
- Category: Smileys & Emotion
- Unicode Version: 1.0
- Emoji Version: 1.0