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wtf do the daffodils and chess pieces (pawns?) mean?

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poolsofsunshine · 29/04/2020 12:00

Daffodils seem to be being used as a sarcastic version of the Flowers icon on a few threads, in fact they're being used in a similar way to a Biscuit, is that right?

No idea what the chess pawn's about, is it to accuse posters of being mindless pawns? That one isn't on the MN site provided emoji selection but seems to be cropping up on various threads from different user names.

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dementedpixie · 29/04/2020 14:37
Archers
dementedpixie · 29/04/2020 14:36

[pawn]

AnneKipanki · 29/04/2020 14:36

Archers You use the word archers .

AnneKipanki · 29/04/2020 14:34

I thought the bull was a reindeer or stag .
It comes up on my phone in the app.

LaMarschallin · 29/04/2020 14:28

Mind you, Grin looks like a scary skull to me so I never use it.

LaMarschallin · 29/04/2020 14:27

How do you put The Bull emoji in?

I've tried various permutations of [bull], [thebull], [the bull] etc and no joy.

(It actually looks like a piece of knitting featuring a design of a Pom Bear hanging from a knitting needle to me. My crap phone or my crap eyesight? Or both?)

Are these emojis like the "secret McDonald's menu"?

AnneKipanki · 29/04/2020 14:25

How do you do a blank ?@Hairdowntohisknees

AnneKipanki · 29/04/2020 14:24

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DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 29/04/2020 14:23

🍤 chess prawn

Hairdowntohisknees · 29/04/2020 14:23

Oooh the blank posts still work

Hairdowntohisknees · 29/04/2020 14:22

ErrolTheDragon · 29/04/2020 14:19

I originally thought was a sea mine.

That begs the question what sort of thread would have inspired its creation!Grin
A sea mine has 'spikes' so could have served double duty as a CV virus well, I suppose.

RUSU92 · 29/04/2020 14:14

Oops I was just supposed to preview that to see if it worked but accidentally clicked post! Apparently not.

RUSU92 · 29/04/2020 14:13

@dementedpixie I think it’s not working as you keep putting capital letters. Same as when you type [Grin] instead of grin you don’t get the emoji

AnneKipanki · 29/04/2020 14:10

@MrsJoshNavidi
[ followed by word ] , no gaps should give a picture.
Daffodil
Shamrock
Grin
The last one is tbgrin.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 29/04/2020 14:01

Oh! No pawn. No tennis ball, which I can see and clicked on and a crown, which I can't Tennis

CuriousaboutSamphire · 29/04/2020 14:00

[pawn]

Crown Tennis

Let's see...

Molecule · 29/04/2020 13:58

I’m a premium member (need a suitably smug icon) and only get the standard ones. Guess the other ones are emojis from phones/tablets.

FATEdestiny · 29/04/2020 13:55

There is also a crown Mumsnet emoji that's not on the list (sometimes used on the Royal Family threads:

[ crown ] = Crown

CuriousaboutSamphire · 29/04/2020 13:51

I don't have a chess piece, I have a TARDISTardis

Original poster
poolsofsunshine · 29/04/2020 13:45

Thanks for the explanations everyone!

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Sparklingbrook · 29/04/2020 13:44

I thought the pawn was just someone pressing the wrong button but I only saw it the once. I didn't know it had some hidden meaning.

FallonSwift · 29/04/2020 13:44

Posted too soon -

So you may have seen the pawn crop up a few times where someone on a thread has posted something really dire, or judgemental.

FallonSwift · 29/04/2020 13:43

The chess pawn is on your normal phone/tablet/laptop emoji keyboard - so it's not MN specific.

As PP have explained, it came off the 'people who enjoy patronising and depressing others' thread. This has turned into a bit of a haven for MNers (incl. me) who are finding that some people seem to really relish the opportunity to play up the most depressing parts of the pandemic, or who are competing to try and be the most extreme or judgemental about those who they feel don't follow 'the rules'.

Original poster
poolsofsunshine · 29/04/2020 13:42

*purporting to be by a teacher OP

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