Eating too much earns you this pink pig's-head emoji before anyone says a word — the same instinct behind 'pigging out.' The literal animal shows up too, along with piggy-bank savings jokes and calling someone (often yourself) a 'pig' for being a little greedy.
What 🐷 means
The pink, round face of a pig, characterized by its pointed ears, and its signature big snout protruding out, displaying its two long nostrils. Also distinctly visible are its round, black eyes.
This emoji signifies the cute innocence of a pig, but also can suggest a sense of "pigging out", when it comes to food, and even the general messiness of the animal.
Some platforms display the pig's ears as flappy, instead of pointed.
How and when to use it
- When the subject matter literally involves a pig, this emoji works perfectly. (Obviously)
- 🐷 can set a friendly and playful tone even if it's not used to depict anything in particular, as a symbol of endearment.
- This 🐷 emoji can be used to address someone who is rather messy and unorganized.
- Gluttons beware! This emoji can be used to describe you.
- In conversations about pork products, 🐷 can easily be used rightly.
Other Names
- 🐷 Oink
- 🐷 Swine
- 🐷 Pig
- 🐷 Piggy
- 🐷 Piggy Face
- 🐷 Hog
- 🐷 Pork
- 🐷 Porker
- 🐷 Glutton
🐷 in real conversations
What does 🐷 mean in texting?
Two very different jobs. As an insult it means greedy or messy, someone who ate everything or trashed the kitchen, as in 'don't be such a pig.' As a pet nickname it flips completely, cute and chubby-cheeked, the same way people call a baby 'piglet.' Tone and who sent it decide which one you're getting.
Where does 🐷 show up most?
Food posts, mostly, someone who cleaned their plate or is about to overeat at a buffet, plus the idiom 'when pigs fly' for something that will never happen. It also turns up as an affectionate label for a food-loving friend, sent by people who'd never actually call them fat.
Is calling someone a pig always an insult?
Not always. Between close friends or a couple, it can be a teasing nickname for someone who overate, overslept, or is being lazily cozy, with no real judgment attached. From a stranger or in an argument, the same word turns sharp fast. Context and relationship do all the work here.
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
- Codepoints
U+1F437- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:pig::pig_face:Discord- Keywords
- animal, bacon, face, farm, pig, pork
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 — 🐷 Pig Face or 🏉 Rugby Football?
Runs with a crowd
🐷 keeps company in animal emojis and pink emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.