Meet the dozens of 2016 candidates ... for the slate of upcoming new emoji.
A total of 67 new emoji -- the colorful symbols like smiley faces and other graphics -- are being considered for rollout next year. That's according to a new document that Unicode, the group that oversees emoji, published on Monday.
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In the faces category, options range from a sneezing character to a clown face in full makeup. Under "people," candidates include an arm taking a selfie, a woman face-palming, a man dancing and a pregnant gal. Food emoji suggestions include a "shallow pan of food" that could be a paella or casserole, or a "stuffed flatbread" that might represent a falafel wrap or gyro.
Other miscellaneous emoji candidates include a "call me" hand signal, slices of bacon, a dying flower, "Mother Christmas" and a shark.
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Unicode's technical committee -- which rolled out racially diverse emoji earlier this year -- will decide during a May 2016 meeting which of the colorful new emoji options make the cut for a June 2016 rollout.
Here's the full list under consideration (check out the associated emoji here):
- face with cowboy hat
- clown face
- nauseated face
- rolling on the floor laughing
- drooling face
- lying face
- sneezing face
- prince
- man in tuxedo
- Mother Christmas
- face palm
- shrug
- pregnant woman
- selfie
- man dancing
- call me hand
- raised back of hand
- left-facing fist
- right-facing fist
- handshake
- hand with first and second fingers crossed
- black heart
- eagle
- duck
- bat
- shark
- owl
- fox face
- butterfly
- deer
- gorilla
- lizard
- rhinoceros
- croissant
- avocado
- cucumber
- bacon
- potato
- carrot
- baguette bread
- green salad
- shallow pan of food
- stuffed flatbread
- clinking glasses
- tumbler glass
- spoon
- octagonal sign
- shopping trolley
- scooter
- motor scooter
- canoe
- person doing cartwheel
- juggling
- wrestlers
- boxing glove
- martial arts uniform
- water polo
- handball
- goal net
- rifle
- modern pentathlon
- fencer
- first place medal
- second place medal
- third place medal
- drum with drumsticks