💩️ Pile of poo emoji

What is 💩️ called?

💩️ is called the Pile of poo emoji.

What does 💩️ mean?

💩 depicts a smiling pile of faeces and is usually playful rather than realistic. It can refer literally to poop, toilets, pets, or cleaning up, and figuratively to something poor-quality, unpleasant, absurd, or unlucky.

Its friendly face makes crude humour feel lighter, but it can still be insulting when applied to a person or their work. In some contexts it is simply a silly reaction with no serious judgement intended.

Other meanings

A mess, nonsense, bad luck, rubbish quality, a pet accident, toilet humour, or a softened substitute for a mild swear word.

Example Usage

The dog left another surprise by the door 💩

That plan turned into a complete mess 💩

More details

Officially named pile of poo. Its code point is U+1F4A9, and this project records it from Emoji 1.0. Usage ranges from literal bodily waste to comic criticism, so audience and tone matter.

Related emoji

Disgust emojis

• 🫢️ Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
• 😷️ Face with medical mask
• 🤢️ Nauseated face
• 🤮️ Face vomiting

Visual description

A brown, soft-serve-shaped swirl with large eyes and a broad smile, stacked into a pointed pile.

Colour, texture, and smile vary by platform. The swirl has led to jokes that it resembles chocolate ice cream, but its official identity is unambiguously a pile of poo.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.