💊
What 💊 means
A rounded cylindrical pill, designed half in red and the other half in yellow. The 💊 Pill emoji represents oral medication, medical tablets, meds, supplements, drugs, etc. It may also signify recovery, "under medication", physical and mental stability as well.
How and when to use it
- If you're asking someone to 'take precaution', about a prescription, or even advising them against self-medication, use 💊. Like, "It's always best to carry cold medicine 💊", "Go to a doc, man 💊 Stop acting like one" or "Send me a picture of the prescription 💊".
- The concept of a 'prescription' could also be used in captional phrases. For instance, "I'm sorry. I don't remember being prescribed your regular dose of negativity 💊. Byeee" or "Prescribe yourself a steady dose of self-love from today 💊".
- You can use 💊 in the context of medication for mental health as well - "If you're happy and you know it, thank you meds 💊" or "We're in this together 💊".
- Since 💊 also represents illicit drugs, it could also be used in metaphorical interpretations of the same. For example, "YoUr LoVe Is My DrUg 💊" or "Gimme hugs not drugs 💊".
- Also, 💊 fits perfectly into literal and figurative frameworks of capsules and capsulation.
Other Names
- 💊 Meds
- 💊 Medicine
- 💊 Tablets
- 💊 Pills
- 💊 Happy Pill
- 💊 Drugs
- 💊 Medication
- 💊 Capsule
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › medical
- Codepoints
U+1F48A- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:pill:- Keywords
- doctor, drugs, medicated, medicine, pill, pills, sick, vitamin
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