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Shushing Face Emoji 🤫

The shushing face emoji shows a face with one finger pressed to its closed lips. It signals "keep quiet" or "it's a secret" — used to hush someone in a conversation, flag confidential information, or ask someone to hold back from spoiling a surprise.

What 🤫 means

The Shushing Face emoji is a yellow face slightly tilted backwards. It has plain eyes that are a little elevated and a small line for a mouth that is covered with a finger (exactly. like a shush). Some platforms even have eyebrows for this emoji.

Much like the real-life usage of the shushing face, this emoji too is used to silence someone on chat. Although not as effective as shushing someone in real life, this emoji can be a cute way of saying someone to shut up on text.

How and when to use it

If you're texting in a group, and one of them says something about you the rest don't know, use this emoji on the group chat, and DM this person.
If you're texting someone something classified, send this emoji along to signify that it's secretive and that the former must hush about it.
The 🤫 Shushing Face can also work as a cheesy way of telling someone 'Say No More' and showing up at their doorstep with a pizza.
While it's cute to shush someone on chat, ensure to never do it to someone older or people who are not-so-close. Chances are that they can show up at your doorstep.

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