Emojion👽️ alien
Meaning
Originally used for extraterrestrials and sci-fi, it's also widely used to call something (or someone) weird, otherworldly, or just incredibly out there.
Keywords: creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, monster, space, tale, ufo
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When the 'Storm Area 51' Facebook event went viral in 2019 — nearly 2 million people clicked 'going' — the alien emoji became the meme's de facto symbol, appearing in almost every related post and joke online.
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That party last night had total 👽 vibes
Wait, were people actually talking about UFOs? lol
Left meant 'I felt totally out of place,' but right took it literally as extraterrestrials. The gap between slang ('alien = misfit') and literal ('alien = space creature') makes this emoji easy to misread across generations.
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