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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

By Erin Carson May 8, 2014, 8:17 AM PDT

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

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We don’t know why they’re there, but that didn’t stop us for coming up with some ways to use them.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Pager

Emoji: Pager

Interpretation: Outdated tech is always funny. Unless you have to use it.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Ladybug

Emoji: Ladybug

Interpretation: Here’s an entry from the animal kingdom that you can find on your iPhone in case what has to be expressed requires six legs.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Anger symbol

Emoji: Anger symbol

Interpretation: This could be the logo for some new software company, but it’s supposed to be a vein bulging in anger… which is surely an emotion no one has ever felt in the technology industry.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Face massage

Emoji: Face massage

Interpretation: We’ve all had those days. After hours of staring at a computer screen, who wouldn’t want someone else’s hands all over their face easing the tension?

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Pig snout

Emoji: Pig snout

Interpretation: When an emoji of a whole pig will not do, you have the option of using just a snout.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Hot springs

Emoji: Hot springs

Interpretation: If you ever need steam coming off a hot liquid, there’s an emoji for that.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Dancing twins

Emoji: Dancing twins

 Interpretation: We’d like to think this has something to do with Beyoncu00e9 and her single ladies, but that wouldn’t really explain the ears (horns?) coming out of these dancing girls’ heads. Emoji best practices seem to okay with this one for a moment of jubilance or if you and someone else are sharing a wavelength at the moment.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Money with wings

Emoji: Money with wings

Interpretation: Looks like this stack of cash met a bad fate. Hopefully, it’s going to a better place, like that great big bank in the sky.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Bath

Emoji: Bath

Interpretation: Apple offers multiple bathroom emoji, including this one of a guy actually in the tub. Unfortunately, there’s no rubber duck to go with it.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Bamboo

Emoji: Bamboo

Interpretation: Bamboo is supposed to be lucky.You’ll be lucky if you ever really need to illustrate the word with an emoji.

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Emoji: Dash

Emoji: Dash

Interpretation: For whenever you’ve got to split, leave nothing behind but a cloud of dust.

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Bizarre iPhone emoji and how to use them: The top 12 for IT pros

Emoji: Name tag

Emoji: Name tag

Interpretation: No idea which conferences Apple’s emoji designers go to. Maybe a master gardeners’ meet up? Classic video game convention?

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