The cute eyes emoji implies something completely different to individuals born between 1997 and 2012, according to a 30-year-old woman who studies and lives with Gen Z'ers at university. Scarlett, who goes by the TikTok name @genwhyscarlett, just published a viral video depicting what our everyday emojis mean to Gen Z'ers, and it has gone viral.
Real Meaning Of The Cute Eyes Emoji Explained By Gen Zers Have Made People Shocked
By
Haider Ali in
News
On 10th February 2022
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Among the many findings that have made us feel suddenly very old, the 'sweet eyes' emoji, also known as the 'pleading face,' according to dictionary.com, was arguably the most surprising of the emoji discoveries.
The 30-year-old who's 'currently living in the dorms with Gen Z kids explained: "This, for some godforsaken reason means either 'innocent' or 'horny'."
Wait... what?
This 'discovery' astonished users in the comments section, as one might expect.
Credit: TikTok/@genwhyscarlett
One user who echoed similar thoughts wrote: "Wait what?? I thought this was like tearing up?!."
Another disappointed user commented: "I use ... a lot."
A third simply wrote: "Nothing is safe."
"Second-guessing every ... I’ve ever dropped," someone else wrote.
Credit: TikTok/@genwhyscarlett
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I completely regret using that emoji next to a message of "sorry for your loss."
"Such a complex emoji," one user remarked.
Perhaps we should all get on board with that.
Scarlett highlighted a few additional examples of Gen Z emoji uses, such as the fact that the iconic 'thumbs up' is employed in a passive-aggressive way, and the laughing face with a sweat bead signifies someone is anxious, in her video, which racked up a massive 2.6 million views in only three days.
To the youngsters, the 'pouty face' emoji supposedly means sounds good to me,' while the cherry is nothing more than t*****s. Yep.
She said: "I am an RA (resident assistant) in the dorms and surrounded by Gen Z kids between the ages of 18–21 who have an entirely different way of communicating than what I'm used to.”
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"Group chats are a big thing with them, so the rapid-fire communication style has been a learning curve for me. Specifically with emojis, memes, and phrases.”
"I'm the first one to laugh at myself for being old and obsolete, so I'm always asking questions and my Gen Z peers are more than happy to indulge me."
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"Gen Z is a much kinder generation than you would expect," she added.
"As someone who was bullied on AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and Myspace in middle school, I expected the opposite from kids who have never known life without social media..."