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For single women everywhere, there is nothing more terrifying than an unsolicited d*ck pic.

Because unknowingly opening a text containing an image of some dude’s genitalia is never a fun surprise. Ever.

Well, it seems the emoji gods have answered our cries with theperfectmeans of responding.

It’s simple.

It’s elegant.

It’sgenius.

…It’s a pinching hand, and we owe someone at the Unicode Consortium a drink and a high five.

✅ Approved in #emoji12: Pinching Hand https://t.co/g9P4Zdq7UW pic.twitter.com/WmNMSPa1dc

— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) February 5, 2019

Unsurprisingly, Twitter was awash with commentary when the cheeky new emoji dropped on Emojimedia today.

Unsolicited dick pic community is in a panic rn https://t.co/ScJgOeg19N

— dad (@NeptxneDubz) February 5, 2019

number of dick pics sent plummets https://t.co/XJiOWhWEY2

— abrandersnatch latif ???? (@abrarararararar) February 5, 2019

FINALLY a small dick emoji https://t.co/TTvzP609Xv

— Kath Barbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) February 5, 2019

Somebody send you the pinching hand emoji back and you just gotta throw your whole phone away.

— KITH Sweat (@MF_DAD) February 5, 2019

the new pinching hand emoji will definitely be used for innocent, non-dick-related purposes https://t.co/HX5kuTbeXd

— Amanda Yeo (@amandamyeo) February 6, 2019

So.. theres a pinching hand emoji.. I wonder how many people are gonna get blocked after its released

— bri (@_briannae_) February 6, 2019

‘pinching hand emoji’ as if apple doesn’t know exactly what it’s doing here

— ???????????????????????????????????????????? ???? (@tommo_mx) February 5, 2019

And a non d*ck-related but equally as great tweet:

@maisiehedges pic.twitter.com/PaMx0vUfCO

— phoebe (@phoebexhedges) February 5, 2019

The new emoji is one of 230 new additions (including gender and skin tone variants), but before we talk about the wholesome and exciting ones, we should mention there’s also a yawning emoji so all your sassing needs can be met.

???????? 230 new emojis coming to phones in 2019 https://t.co/40lHKWeBFj pic.twitter.com/GKGJvS1dJf

— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) February 5, 2019

Included in the new batch is a larger selection of skin tones, and a myriad of symbols for the differently abled – with wheelchairs, hearing aid symbols, a person walking with a probing cane, guide dogs, mechanical limbs and more.

✅ Approved in #emoji12: Woman in Manual Wheelchair https://t.co/zvPsbQIUqZ pic.twitter.com/kpPIoMaXxj

— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) February 6, 2019

On the animal front, we’ve been spoilt for choice, with a sloth, flamingo, skunk and more.

There’s also agarlicfor all your foodie-text needs.

Hang tight, though – the new wave will start showing up on phones in September, but some platforms might start releasing them earlier.

Until then, the magnifying glass emoji will do the trick.

Bella Fowler

News Writer

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