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posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-did-we-communicate-before-the-brocolli-emoji? dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/12/new-emojis-to-include-breastfeeding-a-hijab-and-the-lotus-position

The consortium that approves emojis has signed off on 56 new ones, including a woman breastfeeding a baby, a woman wearing a hijab and a "gender-inclusive" child, adult and older adult.

Among the other emoji that will be released in 2017 by Unicode are a face vomiting, a head exploding and a man and woman practising yoga. A flying saucer, vampire and T-rex also made the cut, as did a sandwich, broccoli and a pair of socks.

Unicode 10.0 will also include 285 hentaigana (obsolete/historical variants of Japanese hiragana) and 3 additional Zanabazar Square characters.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:41AM (#427400)

    So now individual characters may be censored.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:54AM (#427460)

    Eh?
    Look on the bright side. Now we have an emoji for a terrorist --> 1F9D5