Hazy and low-visibility, dashed lines standing in for a scene nobody can quite see through clearly. It covers literal fog and mist, and gets borrowed constantly for feeling mentally foggy — that groggy, can't-quite-think-straight state after a bad night's sleep or too much going on to process at once.
What 🌫️ means
A squared depiction of fog against a white sky or any other background (not visible), while there's a greyish and white dispersion of gases or clouds throughout the emoji.
The 🌫️ Fog emoji can represent foggy weather. But, it can also suggest a metaphorical sense of blurriness and lack of clarity too. Besides, it may also have a reference to smoke (same properties, different effect).
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone about how you're not able to see through someone or something, you can use 🌫️. For example, "I just cannot see this through. It's like our relationship is so foggy 🌫️".
- As mentioned in the previous section, fogginess can also suggest a lack of clarity. So, if you're trying to clarify something with someone, you can use 🌫️. Like, "Sorry to bother you. But, WTF is the last text?! 🌫️".
- If the picture/video you're sharing on your social media handle goes well with a caption/quote that resonates with fog, then please use 🌫️. For instance, "Sometimes we need the fog 🌫️ to remind us that life is not all black and white".
- If you're advising someone to clear/clean their perspective about something or someone, either in a direct message (DM) or on the comments section, use 🌫️ - "I'm sorry, sir. But it seems like your glasses are fogged up 🌫️ Please wipe them, to see better :)".
Other Names
- 🌫️ Foggy Weather
- 🌫️ Fog
- 🌫️ Smog
- 🌫️ Smoke
- 🌫️ Mist
- 🌫️ Haar
- 🌫️ Murk
- 🌫️ Haze
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › sky & weather
- Codepoints
U+1F32B U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:fog:GitHub- Keywords
- cloud, fog, weather
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🌫️ Fog or 🐾 Paw Prints?
Runs with a crowd
🌫️ keeps company in weather emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.