Alien Emoji
Smileys
A classic grey-skinned humanoid head with large, pitch-black oval eyes, a tiny slit for a nose, and no visible ears or hair. It perfectly captures the popular culture image of a 'little grey' extraterrestrial visitor.
Usage Context
Widely used to signal that something is strange, bizarre, or 'out of this world.' It is frequently used in memes to suggest someone is acting like an outsider or to comment on surreal situations that defy logical explanation. Users often pair it with the 🛸 emoji to reference UFO sightings or science fiction tropes.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this icon was heavily inspired by the global obsession with sci-fi media in the late 20th century. Its design draws directly from decades of depictions in film and television that cemented the 'grey alien' as the standard shorthand for life beyond Earth.
Details
Glyph
👽
Unicode
U+1F47D
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f47d:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-costume
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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