“🤬” meaning: face with symbols on mouth, cursing Emoji

This emoji shows an angry red face with a black bar and white symbols covering its mouth, indicating that it is swearing or being vulgar.

The emoji 🤬 is derived from the comic book🧑‍🎨 convention of using grawlixes to censor profanity or offensive language. The term grawlix was coined by American cartoonist Mort Walker in 1980. The use of grawlixes dates back to at least the early 20th century, when comic strips such as The Katzenjammer Kids and Barney Google used them to avoid censorship.

Primarily, the "🤬" emoji symbolizes intense anger, extreme annoyance, or a boiling point of frustration. It's typically used when words fail to communicate the strength of the sender's negative emotion. It can also be used to imply that someone is cursing or using foul language, either literally or figuratively. For example, someone might use this emoji to react to bad news, a rude comment💬, a disappointing outcome, or a frustrating situation.