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“pineapple on pizza 🤮”
Comedic food take dunk in a friend group. Mirror with another 🤮 or 🍕 for the meme stack.
Unicode: U+1F92E
Shortcodes: :vomiting:
Gross! Used for disgust, something nauseating, or literally being sick.
The 🤮 face vomiting emoji compresses two meanings into one cartoon face: literal sickness and figurative disgust. The green stream and the scrunched expression leave no ambiguity, which is exactly why it became a default reaction to anything the sender finds repulsive. The emoji was added in Unicode 10 (2017) and quickly replaced less vivid alternatives in reaction culture.
In real-world chat, 🤮 is rarely about actual nausea. It is the face you send when an opinion is so bad it is 'stomach-turning,' when a food combo sounds awful, or when a public figure does something so off-putting that you cannot write the words. It is also genuinely useful for the morning-after 'never drinking again' caption. The key read is intensity: 🤮 says 'this is so bad it is making me sick,' which is stronger than a sad face or a thumbs-down.
🤮 shows up at the end of a hot take, in reaction comments on Instagram, and in group chats after a friend shares something gross. People send it after seeing a food trend on TikTok, hearing a coworker's bad joke, or reading a celebrity's public statement. It also appears in close-friends stories as a dramatic reaction to whatever the poster just saw.
The emoji pairs naturally with 🤡 for clown mockery, 💀 for 'I am dead,' and 🙅 for outright rejection. Stacks like 🤮🚮 or 🤮👎 are common in dunk-on culture. In food-related Discords the face is used half-jokingly when someone posts a cursed recipe.
Skip 🤮 when the topic is genuinely serious — eating disorders, illness disclosures, mental health — because the cartoon vomiting reads as mockery rather than empathy. Avoid it in any professional context where a recipient could interpret it as you calling their work 'sickening.' And do not send it to the subject of your disgust: the face is a public reaction, not a private message.
Also avoid 🤮 in family channels with people who use the literal meaning by default — a Boomer who sees 🤮 under a recipe post may genuinely think you got food poisoning.
Mirror 🤮 with another 🤮 if you want to amplify the disgust, or pair with 💀 for the 'I am dead' meme read. If the topic is genuinely gross and you want to commiserate, send a sentence like 'yeah that is rough' alongside another reaction face. Do not reply with a happy or joking emoji unless the sender clearly intended the read as comedic.
If 🤮 lands as part of an actual food-sickness disclosure, switch to a softer face and ask how they are feeling. The cartoon vomiting cannot carry that conversation.
🤮 means something is so bad it is making the sender sick — figuratively, disgust at an opinion or behavior; literally, actual nausea. The green stream is the giveaway.
🤮 reads as a strong negative reaction. In a meme context it is fine, but directed at a real person it can feel hostile because it implies the recipient's content is 'sickening.'
Use 🤮 for dramatic disgust reactions: bad takes, cursed food trends, public behavior that offends you, or genuine 'never again' food regret. Avoid it in serious health conversations.
🤢 is nauseated (green face, no stream); 🤮 is actively vomiting. 🤮 reads as more extreme and more comedic.
Actually feeling sick or nauseous.
Example: “Ate too much 🤮”
Expressing strong disgust at something.
Example: “That take is 🤮”
Dramatic reaction to something mildly unpleasant.
Example: “Waking up early 🤮”
Showing strong disapproval of something.
Example: “Their music taste 🤮”
Reaction emoji when dunking on bad takes; reads harsher than a thumbs-down because it implies physical disgust.
Dramatic reaction under stories and close-friends posts; usually means 'this is so bad it makes me sick.'
Staple of gaming-rant reactions and meme stacks when the topic genuinely repulses the sender.
Comment-section staple for 'this made me sick' reactions to bad behavior or food combinations.
Frequently used for dramatic disgust reactions and 'this is unhinged' reactions to bad content.
Used for both actual sickness and disgust; carries more weight than a plain sad face.
Usually interpreted as being physically sick; can confuse when used for disgust.
“pineapple on pizza 🤮”
Comedic food take dunk in a friend group. Mirror with another 🤮 or 🍕 for the meme stack.
“that meeting could have been an email 🤮”
Commiserating about a wasted hour. Safe to react with 🤮 or a sentence like 'so unnecessary'.
“I had too much cake 🤮”
Light holiday regret. Reply with a sympathetic 😩 or another 🤮.
“his texting style 🤮”
Reactions-only vent about a partner's habits. Mirror with 🤮 or commiserate; do not screenshot unless asked.
“did you see that reply?? 🤮”
Public reaction under a viral exchange. Mirror with 🤮 or 💀 for the meme take.
Otherworldly-coded alien, 'I am out of this world' register, or sci-fi-coded identity cue.
Frustration-coded ire, 'this grinds my gears' register, or low-stakes heat check-in.
Evil-coded rage, 'I am actually angry' register, or angry-horned charm.
Stress-coded nerves, 'I am barely holding it together' register, or sweat-drop-coded reaction.
Injury-coded hurt, 'I just got wrecked' register, or sympathy-coded reaction.
Calm-coded affection, 'chill love' register, or blue-coded loyalty.
Cat-laugh-coded LOL, 'cat lol' register, or laughing-coded comfort.
Clown-face-coded silly, 'fool me once' register, or self-roast-coded joke.