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Emoji style
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🦀︎ |
🦀️
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Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
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Translingual
Description
Depiction of a crab with its pincers up.
Symbol
🦀
- Represents a crab.
- Represents the star sign cancer.
- Synonym: ♋
Further reading
English
Etymology
From 2018 April Fools' Day single "Crab Rave" by musician Noisestorm, where the music video features crabs dancing in a similar form to this emoji; popularized by a version in which the words "Obama is Gone" were overlaid on the video.
Symbol
🦀
- Used in celebration.
🦀 The mods are gone 🦀
They resigned! —Really? 🦀🦀🦀
- (Internet slang, humorous) good riddance
Usage notes
- Frequently used following the downfall of a political opponent, similarly to the popularization of the music video.