Tongue Emoji

A tongue, sticking out. May be used as a childish sign of defiance. Alternatively: licking, in various contexts.  As a playful gesture towards one's friend or someone younger than the sender, the tongue emoji is used. Mostly, this is to mock the receiver about either losing a challenge or a bet or simply show some playfully teasing manner to them. Sometimes to showcase some flirting skills or cheekiness towards one's partner, this emoji can be included in conversations.

HISTORY:

The tongue emoji was originally named “Face with Stuck-Out Tongue”, however, its name changed to simply tongue emoji after getting standardized by Unicode 6.1 in the year 2012. To make it easily accessible and widely reachable, its name was made simpler and searchable for the digital audience.

USES:

The use of tongue emoji is very prominently not only in private or group digital conversations but also on various social media platforms. Various emotions that this tongue emoji showcases are flirting, cheekiness, playfulness, sense of humor, expressing the deliciousness of food, and so on. This single emoji has multiple uses and that is why its popularity is also more in the digital world.