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Spoon Emoji 🥄

What 🥄 means

A greyish-silver metal finished spoon placed diagonally. The 🥄 Spoon emoji signifies food cutlery that is more directed either towards rice and gravy-based food that requires a spoon to relish the dish. It can also have interpretations reflecting human intimacy.

How and when to use it

'Born with a silver spoon' or just 'silver spoon' - a common phrase used to refer to the affluent can be backed up with 🥄 in the emoji world as well. For instance, "Look. I know you're a lucky mofo born with a silver spoon 🥄, and you can afford the shit you're saying. Not everyone's like that bro, so STFU".
If you're sharing pictures of your bowl of soup, you can use 🥄 as a way of saying, "Bon appetit! I shall now dig into this lifeless soup that very much reflects my life 🥄".
If you're referring to someone who's dumb as a doorknob or even a hopeless romantic, you may use 🥄 aka 'spoon(e)y'. For example, "Oh, geez. I'd rather not show up, that guy's not a chick magnet, he's spoony af 🥄". Similarly, it can also be used to signify being 'spoonish'.
Spooning is a term given to sexual human intimacy. So, if you're trying to spice up your virtual sex life with some detailing, you may use 🥄. You can also use this emoji to let your romantic partner know that you're in dire need of some cuddles and the aftermath 😬 .
While sharing recipes online, you may want to drop in the 🥄 emoji next to sections that mention 'tablespoon/tbsp' or 'teaspoon/tsp'.

Other Names

🥄 Silver Spoon
🥄 Spooning
🥄 Silverware
🥄 Spoon(e)y
🥄 Spoonish
🥄 Food Cutlery
🥄 Ladle (to an extent)
🥄 Tablespoon
🥄 Teaspoon

The lowdown

Category: Food & Drink › dishware
Codepoints: U+1F944
Emoji version: Emoji 3.0
Shortcodes: :spoon:
Keywords: eat, spoon, tableware

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.