What does 🪰 Fly mean?
A common housefly with see-through wings. It brings to mind rotting fruit, open windows and that endless buzzing near the ceiling, so it usually signals something gross or irritating. Idioms give it extra mileage: wishing you were a fly on the wall to overhear a conversation, or people dropping like flies during flu season. It has nothing to do with the verb, so reach for ✈️ when talking about flights. It was added in 2020.
🪰 Fly is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (bugs & insects), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about animal, disease, insect, maggot, pest and rotting.
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🪰 Fly on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Fly looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Fly 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 :fly:.
When was the Fly emoji added?
🪰 Fly was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. 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 Fly. The underlying code (U+1FAB0) 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.