[{"emoji": "😪", "name": "Sleepy Face", "variations": ["😪"], "description": "A yellow face with closed eyes and a snot bubble coming from the nose, a classic anime-style symbol of sleep.", "meaning": "<strong>The Sleepy Face emoji indicates tiredness, drowsiness, or the need for rest.</strong> It's often confused with the Sleeping Face (😴), but the iconic snot bubble in 😪 is a visual cue borrowed from Japanese comics to symbolize deep sleep.\r\n\r\nDespite the name, it’s often used to represent being exhausted or mentally drained rather than literally asleep. It’s commonly used when you're running on empty, after a long day, or when something is so dull it's making you sleepy.\r\n\r\n<em>This emoji may also appear in more lighthearted contexts, such as playfully indicating boredom or overexertion.</em>", "example": "\"Long day… I’m going to crash 😪\""}, {"emoji": "🤤", "name": "Drooling Face", "variations": ["🤤"], "description": "A yellow face with closed eyes, relaxed expression, and drool coming from the mouth.", "meaning": "<strong>The Drooling Face emoji is commonly used to express intense desire—usually for food, but also for sleep, affection, or anything highly appealing.</strong> It visually represents the kind of reaction you’d have when something looks irresistibly good.\r\n\r\nThis emoji can be literal (\"That pizza looks amazing 🤤\") or figurative (\"dream job, dream life 🤤\"). In flirtatious contexts, it might signal attraction or infatuation.\r\n\r\n<em>Its tone is generally enthusiastic and often exaggerated, making it a favorite in foodie posts and lifestyle content.</em>", "example": "\"That dessert looks unreal 😋\""}, {"emoji": "😴", "name": "Sleeping Face", "variations": ["😴"], "description": "A yellow face with eyes closed and 'Zzz' appearing above the head, showing peaceful sleep.", "meaning": "<strong>The Sleeping Face emoji represents deep sleep, total exhaustion, or extreme boredom.</strong> It’s more literal than 😪 (Sleepy Face), and is often used to signify that someone has gone to bed or is \"checked out\" mentally or emotionally.\r\n\r\nIt’s perfect for end-of-day wrap-ups, nap jokes, or signaling that something is putting you to sleep—whether it’s a meeting, a lecture, or a long-winded story.\r\n\r\n<em>Despite its sleepy vibe, it’s also popular in meme culture to roast things that are ‘so boring I fell asleep.’</em>", "example": "\"This meeting is dragging on… 😴\""}, {"emoji": "😷", "name": "Face With Medical Mask", "variations": ["😷"], "description": "A yellow face with closed eyes and a white surgical mask covering the mouth and nose.", "meaning": "<strong>The Face with Medical Mask emoji is most commonly used to represent illness, medical situations, or general health precautions.</strong> Once symbolizing someone who’s sick or protecting others from germs, it took on broader cultural significance during the COVID-19 pandemic—becoming a universal symbol of public health awareness.\r\n\r\nIt can still express personal illness (\"feeling sick 😷\"), but is also used more generally to show concern for wellness, to reference hospitals, or to signal being in recovery mode. In some contexts, it’s even used humorously to imply emotional \"sickness\" from cringe or secondhand embarrassment.\r\n\r\n<em>Culturally, it also reflects the norm of mask-wearing in many Asian countries, long before global adoption.</em>", "example": "\"Woke up with a sore throat—mask on 😷\""}, {"emoji": "🤒", "name": "Face With Thermometer", "variations": ["🤒"], "description": "A yellow face with furrowed brows, closed eyes, and a thermometer in its mouth, looking visibly unwell.", "meaning": "<strong>The Face with Thermometer emoji directly signals being physically ill, particularly with a fever.</strong> It's often used to show you're sick at home, catching the flu, or just feeling really unwell. The downturned expression and thermometer make it more specific than 😷, which could suggest general health precautions.\r\n\r\nIt’s commonly used in both serious and lighthearted posts, especially when paired with messages about calling in sick, needing rest, or surviving cold and flu season.\r\n\r\n<em>Occasionally, it’s used metaphorically to indicate being \"emotionally sick\" of something or someone.</em>", "example": "\"Think I caught the flu 🤒\""}, {"emoji": "🤕", "name": "Face With Head-Bandage", "variations": ["🤕"], "description": "A yellow face with a neutral or frowning mouth and a bandage wrapped around its head.", "meaning": "<strong>The Face with Head-Bandage emoji conveys injury, pain, or recovery—whether physical or metaphorical.</strong> It suggests someone is hurt or healing, and is often used to express sympathy for someone who's had an accident or is feeling battered by life.\r\n\r\nBeyond its literal use, it can represent mental or emotional burnout, like saying \"I’m hurting but I’ll be okay 🤕\". It's frequently paired with emojis like 🛌 or 🧃 in humorous ‘self-care’ or \"I survived\" type posts after stressful events.", "example": "\"Still recovering from that fall 🤕\""}, {"emoji": "🤢", "name": "Nauseated Face", "variations": ["🤢"], "description": "A green-tinted yellow face with squinted eyes and a crooked mouth, appearing queasy or sick.", "meaning": "<strong>The Nauseated Face emoji clearly conveys feelings of physical sickness—especially nausea or disgust.</strong> The green hue and puffed cheeks indicate someone who’s on the verge of throwing up, making it ideal for food poisoning stories, hangovers, or reactions to gross or disturbing content.\r\n\r\nIn online and meme culture, it's also used dramatically to exaggerate revulsion, like when something is emotionally or aesthetically repulsive (\"That outfit with socks and sandals? 🤢\").\r\n\r\n<em>It’s less intense than 🤮 (Face Vomiting), but still a go-to reaction emoji for anything \"ew.\"</em>", "example": "\"That smell in the fridge? Absolutely not 🤢\""}, {"emoji": "🤮", "name": "Face Vomiting", "variations": ["🤮"], "description": "A yellow face with closed eyes and an open mouth vomiting a large stream of green liquid.", "meaning": "<strong>The Face Vomiting emoji is the extreme cousin of 🤢 and is used to show intense disgust, illness, or revulsion.</strong> Whether it's a real reaction to food poisoning or a figurative one to something \"cringe,\" this emoji goes all in.\r\n\r\nIt’s often used humorously to show how strongly you feel about something gross, annoying, or emotionally unbearable.\r\n\r\n<em>It’s big, dramatic, and leaves no room for subtlety—perfect for memes, rants, or sarcastic overreactions.</em>", "example": "\"They put mayo in their coffee… 🤮\""}, {"emoji": "🤧", "name": "Sneezing Face", "variations": ["🤧"], "description": "A yellow face with scrunched eyes, a tissue held up to the nose, and motion lines indicating a sneeze.", "meaning": "<strong>The Sneezing Face emoji represents sneezing, allergies, colds, or any illness associated with a runny nose.</strong> It’s often used when someone is under the weather, suffering from seasonal allergies, or reacting to strong smells or irritants.\r\n\r\nWhile it primarily indicates sickness, it can also be used in a humorous or exaggerated way to say \"I’m so done with this\" or \"I’m emotionally allergic to that drama.\"\r\n\r\n<em>It pairs well with tissue, blanket, or comfort-food emojis.</em>", "example": "\"Caught a cold right before vacation 🤧\""}, {"emoji": "🥵", "name": "Hot Face", "variations": ["🥵"], "description": "A red or flushed yellow face with a tongue hanging out and sweat dripping, showing heat exhaustion.", "meaning": "<strong>The Overheated Face emoji expresses extreme heat, exhaustion, or being overwhelmed—both literally and figuratively.</strong> Whether you’re enduring hot weather, overworked, or just finished an intense workout, this emoji radiates \"I can’t take it anymore\" energy.\r\n\r\nIt's also commonly used in exaggerated or flirtatious tones, especially in social media to react to attractive people, spicy food, or intense emotional vibes. Think of it as the emoji version of wiping sweat off your brow while gasping, \"Whew!\"\r\n\r\n<em>Its red face and tongue-out expression make it an emoji of drama, thirst (both literal and slang), or total emotional burnout.</em>", "example": "\"It’s 97° outside and I’m melting 🥵\""}, {"emoji": "🥶", "name": "Cold Face", "variations": ["🥶"], "description": "A blue-tinted face with chattering teeth and icicles hanging from the cheeks or chin, symbolizing freezing temperatures.", "meaning": "<strong>The Cold Face emoji represents freezing temperatures, physical cold, or emotional chilliness.</strong> It’s ideal for wintery posts, snowstorms, or when you're bundled up and still shivering.\r\n\r\nBeyond literal use, it's often employed humorously to indicate being \"emotionally frozen\" or giving someone the cold shoulder. In meme and texting culture, it can also convey shock, fear, or stunned silence—as if you've been emotionally iced out or frozen in disbelief.", "example": "\"Why is it colder inside than outside? 🥶\""}, {"emoji": "🥴", "name": "Woozy Face", "variations": ["🥴"], "description": "A yellow face with uneven eyes, a wavy or lopsided mouth, and a dazed or drunk expression.", "meaning": "<strong>The Woozy Face emoji perfectly captures that 'off-balance' feeling—whether you're tipsy, sleep-deprived, emotionally drained, or just overwhelmed.</strong> It’s the go-to emoji for hangovers, too many emotions, or that end-of-week energy crash.\r\n\r\nIt’s widely used to express physical wooziness, mental fog, or emotional overload in a relatable and often funny way. Depending on the context, it can suggest being sick, drunk, confused, or in a state of mental chaos—but in a kind of endearing or comic way.\r\n\r\n<em>It also plays a role in meme culture to exaggerate reactions to ‘too much of something.’</em>", "example": "\"Trying to do math after 3 hours of sleep 🥴\""}, {"emoji": "😵", "name": "Dizzy Face", "variations": ["😵"], "description": "A yellow face with spiral eyes and a gaping mouth, representing confusion or disorientation.", "meaning": "<strong>The Dizzy Face emoji is commonly used to express extreme confusion, shock, exhaustion, or disorientation.</strong> It visually conveys that someone feels overwhelmed or mentally ‘spinning’—whether due to information overload, emotional stress, or physical fatigue.\r\n\r\nIn some contexts, it also suggests that someone is figuratively knocked out by something—like a surprising revelation, a complex problem, or intense excitement.\r\n\r\n<em>This emoji is often used humorously to exaggerate the sense of being ‘done’ with a situation or mentally fried.</em>\r\n\r\nWhile Millennials may use it more literally (e.g., to show exhaustion after a long day), Gen Z often uses it playfully or sarcastically in digital conversations to dramatize a mild inconvenience or absurd scenario.", "example": "\"Wait, what just happened? 😵\""}, {"emoji": "😫", "name": "Tired Face", "variations": ["😫"], "description": "A yellow face with furrowed brows, closed eyes, and a weary expression, often mistaken for sadness.", "meaning": "The <strong>Tired Face emoji</strong> shows a weary, strained expression—eyes tightly shut and mouth open in a heavy sigh. It communicates that someone is physically or emotionally done, often after pushing through something draining.\n\nCommon uses include:\n<ul>\n <li>Showing physical exhaustion or sleepiness</li>\n <li>Expressing emotional fatigue or burnout</li>\n <li>Reacting to long, difficult days or mental strain</li>\n <li>Adding flair to “I need a break” or “I'm over this” messages</li>\n</ul>\n\n😫 is similar to 😩 but leans more toward genuine tiredness than dramatic frustration. It's common in conversations about long workdays, sleepless nights, or just feeling totally drained.", "example": "\"Two deadlines in one day… I can’t 😫\""}, {"emoji": "🥱", "name": "Yawning Face", "variations": ["🥱"], "description": "A yellow face with closed eyes and a hand covering a wide yawn.", "meaning": "The <strong>Yawning Face emoji</strong> shows a hand covering a wide open mouth—signaling boredom, sleepiness, or general disinterest. It's the digital version of an actual yawn.\n\nCommon uses include:\n<ul>\n <li>Reacting to tiredness or sleep-deprivation</li>\n <li>Signaling boredom or lack of enthusiasm</li>\n <li>Playfully calling something dull or repetitive</li>\n <li>Indicating it’s time for bed (or coffee)</li>\n</ul>\n\n🥱 is especially useful in late-night chats, reactions to long-winded stories, or memes about being bored. It can be sincere or sarcastic, depending on the tone.", "example": "\"That lecture nearly put me to sleep 🥱\""}]