If you’ve been using the peach emoji for sexting, rejoice – because the juicy orange symbol has a new second meaning, and it’s all about Donald Trump.
It all kicked off last week when a formal impeachment enquiry was launched after Trump asked the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of 2020 presidential candidate, Joe Biden. People also believe Trump pressured Zelensky by withholding military aid to Ukraine.
When the news broke, celebs were quick to show their support for the impeachment enquiry on Twitter, including singer Lizzo who simply tweeted: “IMPEACHMENT” using the peach emoji in replacement of ‘PEACH.’
The clever emoji addition quickly caught on with Twitter users dropping it left, right and centre to make ‘impeachment’ a hot, juicy topic.
Not only is it a lovely little play on words, but the bright, orange appearance of the emoji bears similarity to the odd tan Trump seems to rock on a daily basis.
The peach emoji became so synonymous with Trump’s impeachment enquiry that TIME magazine used it on the front cover of its March issue.
It’s amazing how quick the Internet works, and it begs a few questions: has our beloved peach emoji gone from being a sex symbol to an icon of US politics? Does it signify the start of an entirely new emoji language? Will the eggplant emoji suddenly become more than a phallic fruit?
It seems that until this impeachment enquiry business is over, the peach emoji lives in limbo: somewhere between a political figure and a late night booty call.
At least there’s one thing we can all agree on, and that’s that Shigetaka Kurita, the guy who created emojis really had no idea what he was getting himself into.
Now, go forth and use the peach emoji any which way you please.