Troll Emoji
People
A green-skinned, hulking monster with a large nose, tufts of hair, and an intimidating, hunched posture. It depicts the classic folklore creature known for lurking under bridges and causing mischief.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent internet trolls—users who provoke others for entertainment—or to describe someone acting in a grumpy, antisocial manner. It is often used in threads involving baiting, sarcasm, or debates, and is frequently paired with the 👹 or 👺 emojis to emphasize a deceptive or hostile personality.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, the troll was included to reflect the evolution of modern digital slang, specifically the term 'trolling' which has been a staple of internet culture since the early Usenet forums of the 1990s.
Details
Glyph
🧌
Unicode
U+1F9CC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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