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That’s because the emoji comes across as friendly and wily, far more Casper than Poltergeist. For all its spectral connotations, though, we ain’t afraid of no ? Ghost. ? Ghost began haunting our keyboards as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 along with a few other Halloween staples, including ? Skull and ? Jack-O-Lantern. Specific applications include references to Snapchat, whose logo is a ghost, and the slang term ghosting, or abruptly ending a relationship or leaving a place without explanation.
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Thanks to its playful look, the emoji can also convey that someone or something is fun, goofy, wild, weird, or downright crazy. Widely depicted as a white-sheeted ghost making a silly face, ? Ghost marks content related to the scary and supernatural, especially around Halloween. This emoji calls for an investigation-the not-so paranormal investigation of Emojiology. Making many an appearance, of course, is the apparitional ?, or Ghost emoji.īut because this ? Ghost is as goofy-looking as it is ghoulish, it’s beloved all year round. We fill our texts and tweets with the many tricks and treats emojis offer for the holiday, from jack-o’-lanterns ? and candy ? to bats ? and spider webs ?️ to frightened faces ? and devilish grins ? to vampires ? and clowns ?. When it comes to emojis, there’s no time of year quite like Halloween.