NG boxed in blue comes straight from Japanese television slang for a botched take, the flubbed line or blown gag cut into a blooper reel instead of reshot. Off-screen it's spread to mean any failed attempt, a wrong answer, or a plan that just didn't work out.
What π means
A pair of bold, white letters; 'N' and 'G' printed on a blue square with rounded corners and sides. The π NG Button emoji is clearly an abbreviation emoji that could signify anything that fulfills this acronym. On popular grounds, it indicates 'No Good'.
How and when to use it
- NG could expand into a lot of things, and one such expansion is the 'Next Generation'. If you're referring to the upcoming generations or inferring the same in metaphorical contexts, use π. For instance, "I want to be the bridge to the next generation π".
- If you sense that someone's up to no good, if you're reposting, retweeting, or resharing something that implies the same or using a post caption resonating with it, you can use π. Like, "I solemnly swear that I'm definitely up to no good π" or "I know what you're doing π".
- Similarly, π could also imply "nothing good" or "nothing great".
For example,
"Hey, darling. What's cookin'?"
"π".
or
"The show's fine π". - You may even use π while referring to anything that's not powered, supported, or aided by the government; non-government(al), to say the words. This applies to NGOs and other related spaces.
Other Names
- π No Good
- π Non-Government(al)
- π Nothing Good
- π Next Generation
- π Next-Gen
- π Squared NG
- π Blooper
- π NG
- π No Good Sign
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols βΊ alphanum
- Codepoints
U+1F196- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:ng:- Keywords
- button, NG
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.
β‘ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first β π NG Button or π©β𦲠Woman: Bald?