Eggplant emoji
The eggplant 🍆 is the most famous innuendo in the emoji set. What it means, when it doesn’t, and how to copy it.
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What the eggplant emoji means
🍆 (eggplant, or aubergine outside North America) is the emoji set’s best-known innuendo: it stands for a penis, and has done since at least 2014, to the point that Instagram blocked searches for the eggplant hashtag in 2015. Its shape and colour did the work; Unicode added it as a vegetable in the original set and has never assigned it any other meaning.
That history means the vegetable reading is now the exception. “Eggplant parm tonight 🍆🍝” still works because the words carry it, but a lone 🍆 in a reply is never about dinner. Its usual companions are 🍑, 💦 and 😏; the freaky emoji guide explains the rest of that set.
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| eggplantU+1F346 | Innuendo; occasionally the vegetable | Explicit enough to avoid outside private chats | |
| peachU+1F351 | The matching innuendo | See the peach emoji guide | |
| ear of corn / cucumber / carrotU+1F33D · U+1F952 · U+1F955 | Sometimes used as substitutes | Read as jokes about the 🍆 convention | |
| hot face / sweat dropletsU+1F975 · U+1F4A6 | Heat, arousal | Amplifiers |
Reading it right
- In a flirtatious chat: it means what you think.
- In a joke among friends: usually mock-suggestive, teasing.
- In a recipe or grocery list: add words, or use 🍆 alongside 🍅🧄 so the context is obvious.
- In public or work spaces: don’t. Some moderation systems flag it.
Eggplant emoji combinations and what they mean
When 🍆 appears with other emoji, the sexual meaning usually stays but becomes more specific. 🍆🍑 pairs the classic penis and bottom symbols, while 🍆💦 adds sweat droplets to imply arousal or climax. The hot face 🥵 turns it into a hotter reaction — something like “this is too sexy to handle”. 👄🍆 suggests oral sex. The under‑eighteen symbol 🔞 marks adult‑only content and is used as a warning that the conversation is not appropriate for minors.
Eggplant emoji on Snapchat and other platforms
On Snapchat the eggplant emoji carries the same sexual meaning it does elsewhere. People use it in chats and captions to signal flirtation or hookup interest. It does not have any special Snapchat‑specific meaning, and Snapchat’s own emoji badges — the yellow heart, fire, and others — have separate meanings. The same is true on WhatsApp, Instagram, and in regular text messages: the eggplant is a visual innuendo, not a platform feature.
If someone sends you 🍆 on Snapchat, they are probably being flirty or crude rather than planning a meal.
Eggplant and peach emoji: what they mean together
The classic pairing
The eggplant emoji 🍆 and the peach emoji 🍑 are so closely linked in internet culture that seeing one often implies the other. Together they form a visual shorthand for a sexual encounter: the eggplant represents a penis, and the peach represents buttocks. This pair is often used in joking or flirtatious messages rather than in literal food contexts.
Examples in chat
If someone sends you this pair without any other context, it is usually meant as an invitation or a tease. Adding 😏 or 💦 makes the intent even clearer.
Chat examples
Real messages with 🍆, and a reply that fits.
grilled aubergine tonight 🍆
save me some
🍆 parm, the classic
yes please
garden update: three aubergines 🍆
impressive
Questions people ask
What does 🍆 mean from a guy?
Innuendo, almost always. If the conversation is not about food, treat it as a sexual reference.
Can I use the eggplant emoji for food?
Yes, with words and other food emoji around it. On its own it will be misread.
Did Instagram ban the eggplant emoji?
In 2015 Instagram blocked hashtag searches for the eggplant emoji because of how it was being used. The emoji itself can still be posted.
What do 🍆 and 🍑 mean together?
Together they are a common sexual shorthand: the eggplant stands for a penis and the peach for a bottom. The pairing is widely used in flirty or explicit contexts.
Is there a dick emoji?
There is no official Unicode emoji that depicts a penis. The eggplant emoji 🍆 is the closest and most widely recognised stand‑in.
What does the eggplant emoji represent?
In its literal meaning, the eggplant emoji represents the vegetable aubergine. In slang, it represents a penis, and that sexual meaning is often what people assume in digital conversations.
What does the eggplant emoji mean on Snapchat?
On Snapchat it means the same as anywhere else: a sexual innuendo. It is often used in messages to flirt or make a suggestion, and has no special Snapchat‑only significance.
What does sus eggplant mean?
“Sus” is slang for suspicious, so a sus eggplant is an eggplant emoji used in a suspicious or suggestive way—often in flirtatious messages or jokes. It signals that the sender is being cheeky rather than talking about the vegetable.
What do 🍆🍒 and 🍆🍩 mean?
These pairings aren’t widely standardised and appear mainly in crude jokes. Their meaning depends heavily on context, so if you’re not certain the other person will read them as intended, it’s safer to use a clearer emoji combination.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
