What does 🩲 Briefs mean?
A pair of briefs, worn as swimwear or underwear. It is used for swim trunks, speedos, underwear shopping and laundry talk, often with a cheeky or comic tone – jokes about tight swimwear, forgetting to pack underwear or Dad’s questionable beach outfit. Competitive swimmers also use it for training kit and race days.
🩲 Briefs is an emoji from the Objects category (clothing & accessories), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about bathing, one-piece, suit, swimsuit and underwear.
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🩲 Briefs on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Briefs looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Briefs emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🩲 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :briefs:.
When was the Briefs emoji added?
🩲 Briefs was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🩲 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Briefs. The underlying code (U+1FA72) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.