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An elderly man gray (grey) hair, and visible wrinkles. Balding in many versions of this artwork, such as Apple and Microsoft designs. The typical representation of this emoji is a man who is in his 50s or even older than that. This emoji is a typical representation of such a man who is old, has wrinkles and spots on his face, white hair, and wears specs. Even if the typical representation is this, nowadays, many symbolic meanings can be extracted from the emoji and used to claim one's perspective during online conversations.

HISTORY:

With the invention of this emoji, the policy of societal awareness grew to a great extent and that is why its use became much more evolved and widespread. Efforts like those of Diane Hill, who advocated for emojis that reflected the experiences of senior citizens, have contributed to the expansion of relevant emoji options.

USES:

Most commonly, this emoji is used to indicate the age of people in online conversations, either to refer to grandparents or other elderly relatives. It may also be used to express general contexts related to aging and symbolically, it is used even by youngster to represent being tired or done with something uncontrollable going on in their life.

Name Old Man
Codepoint U+1F474
Unicode Older Man
Apple Name Old Man
Android Name
Shortcode :older_man: (GitHub, Slack, Discord)

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