Emojion🫡 saluting face
Meaning
Added in 2021, this emoji signals respect, acknowledgment, or compliance — earnestly as 'yes sir' or sarcastically as 'sure, whatever you say.'
Keywords: face, good, luck, ma’am, ok, respect, salute, saluting, sir, troops, yes
📍 How it's used where you are
United States
Popular among Gen Z for ironic compliance — a half-joking 'yes boss' when you're not exactly thrilled about it.
💡 Did you know?
On Slack and Discord, 🫡 is the go-to reaction for "Understood — on it!" A salute means the order has been received, carrying on the text-era salute emoticon "o7" (the o is a head, the 7 a saluting arm).
💡 Did you know?
One 🫡 in a work chat can mean 'on it' — or 'sure, boss (eye roll).' The tonal ambiguity is exactly what makes it so popular.
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How it's used around the world
Japan
In Japan it tends to be used more sincerely for 'understood' or 'roger that,' with less ironic edge than in Western internet culture.
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