The salute as farewell, and a final bid of respect. Never thought this emoji would make me sob — Audrey Davis (@audgeyaudgey) November 4, 2022 ...

A military salute, of course, implies respect and solemnity, which is one of the reasons the emoji has worked so well as a gesture made on Slack to co-workers as the ship goes down.

Apple's new iPhone update out this week includes a bunch of new emoji — including support for a secret Vulcan salute emoji.

The salute as farewell, and a final bid of respect. Never thought this 🫡 emoji would make me sob — Audrey Davis (@audgeyaudgey) November 4, 2022 ...

As employees in tech face layoffs, the salute emoji meets its moment. (Rachel Stern / The New York Times) ...

But as we already know, not all emoji get equal amounts of screen time — so on this most hallowed of days, let us salute a few of the most under-appreciated emoji on the keyboard.

As Elon Musk encourages many federal employees to resign from their posts, some have rallied around the spoon emoji, which now has a special meaning.

Spock lives on in the iOS 8.3 update. Apple added support for a Vulcan salute emoji in its latest software update, but it doesn’t appear on the default emoji keyboard. However, it can easily … ...

When all her underwear is dirty, she buys new underwear, she quipped. "If you want proof of how ingrained pretending to be happy is in our society, even our poo emoji is smiling!" Wolf said.

Copy the Vulcan salute emoji. Visit your phone's Settings app, then go to the General folder, then the Keyboards folder In the Shortcuts folder, select the "+" icon in the top right corner ...