Eggplant

The eggplant emoji (🍆) is one of the internet's best-known visual euphemisms, standing in for a penis because of its shape. It became common shorthand across social media and dating apps in the 2010s, and it is a frequent part of flirting in gay and queer male digital spaces. The usage grew popular enough that platforms like Instagram at times limited its appearance in certain hashtags and search contexts. Outside sexual messaging the emoji still carries its literal meaning of the vegetable, so context decides how it reads. It often appears alongside other suggestive emoji in casual, playful exchanges.