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Title: Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:44:13 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/unicodes-new-...

The Unicode Consortium has announced that it's adding what's essentially a
Bigfoot emoji to the open Unicode standard this fall. The famous cryptid will
appear as "Hairy Creature" alongside a selection of other fun new emoji
options in Unicode 17.0.

It might seem strange that a consortium of companies as powerful as Apple,
Google and Microsoft would practically subtweet one of North America's most
famous semi-mythological creatures. But the global nature of Unicode makes
avoiding region-specific nomenclature preferable whenever possible. To me,
that's Bigfoot, plain and simple, but elsewhere in the world it might scan as
a yowie, yeti, nuk-luk, hibagon, orang pendekor or an almas.

Besides "Hairy Creature," Unicode 17.0 also includes the following new emoji
additions:

Trombone

Treasure chest

Distorted Face

Fight Cloud

Apple Core

Orca

Ballet Dancers

Unicode 17.0 is slated to be released on September 9, 2025, but these new
emoji likely won't be added to Android and iOS until a bit after the standard
is updated. You'll just have to make do with what you can create with Genmoji
or Emoji Kitchen while you wait.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/unicodes-new-...
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