A few days ago we featured the list of new emojis that would be releasing with the latest OS and firmware updates in December, which included iOS, Android and Windows. Even before that became old news, the Unicode Consortium has released the potential list for Unicode 10.0.
While previous emoji news and updates featured some straight-forward, long-overdue, and trivial list of new additions, things are starting to become a whole lot more convoluted with the Unicode 10.0. The list includes a T-Rex (nice), an exploding head (interesting), and a breastfeeding woman (strange). I wouldn’t necessary disagree with the list, as the Unicode Consortium seems to be coming under pressure from all corners to be politically correct in their offering, but given that a few obvious ones, like face palm, have been missing for years, I find it hard to imagine why some of these are more important in the latest release. The list has not yet been officially signed off, and may still have a few exclusions or additions before the official announcement.
The prospective list includes the following:
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Flying saucer
I love you hand sign
Grinning face with star eyes
Grinning face with crazy eyes
Face with finger covering closed lips
Serious face with symbols covering mouth
Smiling face with smiling eyes and hand covering mouth
Face with open mouth vomiting
Shocked face with exploding head
Breastfeeding
Palms up together
Curling stone
Bowl with spoon
Cup with straw
Coconut
Broccoli
Pie
Pretzel
Cut of meat
Sandwich
Canned food
Giraffe face
Zebra face
Hedgehog
Sauropod
T-rex
Cricket
Face with monocle
Older adult
Bearded person
Person with headscarf
Person in steamy room
Person climbing
Person in lotus position
Sorceress
Fairy
Vampire
Merperson
Elf
Genie
Brain
Orange heart
Green heart
Yellow heart
Blue heart
Purple heart
Billed cap
Scarf
Gloves
Coat
Socks
