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skull emoji (Twemoji design)

💀 Skull emoji

Meaning

In chats the skull almost always means “I’m dead”, as in laughing so hard you died. 💀💀💀 is stronger still. It is rarely about actual death or danger.

Its official Unicode name is skull, filed under negative in the smileys & emotion group. Keyboards find it when you search for “body”, “dead”, “death”, “face”, “fairy”, “fairytale”.

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Questions

What does the skull emoji mean?

In chats the skull almost always means “I’m dead”, as in laughing so hard you died. 💀💀💀 is stronger still. It is rarely about actual death or danger.

How do I copy and paste the skull emoji?

Tap the Copy button on this page and paste 💀 anywhere. On a keyboard, search your emoji panel for “body”.

When was the skull emoji added?

It arrived in Emoji 0.6, part of the original set carried over from Japanese phone carriers. Support depends on your phone’s software version.