The doubled down control on a media player, two small triangles stacked and pointing down where ๐ฝ Downwards Button has one. It's built for dropping further or faster than a single step, a big jump down a long list or a volume slider pushed low in a hurry, and the same drop shows up in writing, a mood or a stat heading down all at once.
What โฌ means
A pair of ๐ฝ Downwards Buttons showcased in the same direction and design. The โฌ Fast Down Button emoji an accelerated downward movement, indicate a speedy fall, both literally and metaphorically.
How and when to use it
- If you're conversing about a 'downfall', an exponential decrease/reduction, or if you're typing out a general quote resonating with the same in a post/repost caption, you can use โฌ.
- Some instances for the previous use-case are: "Investing without enough knowledge could be lethal โฌ" or "It's sad he had to leave his seat that way. Well, he was terrible as long as he lasted โฌ".
- You could also use โฌ while referring to the 'least' or the 'lowest' in a given list or category. For example, "I must admit. She was the least paid among all of us โฌ And she did all the backend work".
- Speaking of a 'reduction', โฌ can be brought into contexts that are about a 'loss' as well. Like, "Working for that firm was a massive loss in terms of both time and effort โฌ".
- You may use โฌ even while talking about 'taking down' something. For instance, "We must take that post down before the bosses lose their minds โฌ".
Other Names
- โฌ Exponential Reduction
- โฌ Decreasing
- โฌ Reducing
- โฌ A Pair of Downward Buttons
- โฌ Down-Pointing Double Triangle
- โฌ Black Down-Pointing Double Triangle
- โฌ Fast-Down Arrows
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols โบ av-symbol
- Codepoints
U+23EC- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:arrow_double_down:- Keywords
- arrow, button, double, down, fast
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
โก Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first โ โฌ Fast Down Button or ๐ง Person in Steamy Room?