A pair of protective goggles with a strap, the emoji represents shielding the eyes for something intense. It's used for swimming, lab work, skiing, and welding alike β any activity where the goggles emoji's flat 'safety first' look fits the scene.
What π₯½ means
A thick pair of diving or swimming goggles with transparent lenses, designed with a wide hind layer that is further connected to a stretchable rubber band that goes around the wearer's head.
The π₯½ Goggles emoji suggest swimming, diving; underwater, or skydiving, essentially, any situation that would require extra eye care. This emoji also signifies protection, better visibility under not-so-great circumstances, and underwater vision.
How and when to use it
- If you're talking about 'diving' in a positive but metaphorical sense, (because literal use cases are boring!), you could use π₯½. For instance, "You knew what you were getting into right? You did test the waters before you dove π₯½".
- You could also use π₯½ to indicate a swim and other emotions attached to it (objective or not). For example, "You need a good swim. A momentary, but a very real break from everything above π₯½".
- If you're indicating vision and a sense of better visibility in any context, then too, you could use π₯½. Like, "It's better to get some help just to see better than to be on your own see a blurred world π₯½".
- Use π₯½ while posting or reposting skydiving stories, posts, or even just a quote about the adventure. Speaking of adventure π₯½ could be used to signify a sense of doing something outside comfort zone as well.
Other Names
- π₯½ Diving Goggles
- π₯½ Skydiving Glasses
- π₯½ Underwater Goggles
- π₯½ Expandable Goggles
- π₯½ Transparent Eyewear
- π₯½ Protective Eyewear
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects βΊ clothing
- Codepoints
U+1F97D- Emoji version
- Emoji 11.0
- Shortcodes
:goggles:- Keywords
- dive, eye, goggles, protection, scuba, swimming, welding
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.
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