6 Singapore emojis we wish existed

We already have Singlish to express ourselves, but let's take things to the next level with these Singaporean emojis

Photograph: Kashmira Kasmuri

By Delfina Utomo | Posted:

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Sometimes when words get hard, all we can do is 🙏 and 🤷‍♀️. Far from ruining the language, emojis provide some colour to how we communicate. Texting the cute little photos can make communication across languages much easier. Think of it this way – emojis are the texting equivalent of face-to-face body language... just be mindful of who you're sending the 🍆 emoji to. Since it's been reported that there won't be any new emojis in 2021, we took it upon ourselves to create some. Plus the emoji dictionary could use some local flavour – here are our suggestions. 🙌

You can use our emojis here.

Photograph: Kashmira Kasmuri

Chope

Chope refers to the overzealous way Singaporeans reserve a seat or a spot (or even things) and the tissue paper pack is a symbol. Of course, you can use many things to chope something with – like an umbrella, your name card, a Cotton On membership card – but tissue paper is the OG.