An emoji saves you so much typing 🎉
This dictonary comes from me noticing how emoji are used to convey a fair amount of information at GitHub. Some of that isn't necessarily intuitive, and plus I like gathering information
| Emoji | Official name | Usecase: "I'm indicating that..." | Topical area | Cultural reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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shipit_squirrel | I've read what you wrote, and I want you to go ahead and ship it | Next step | Early part of GitHub culture, continues https://excid3.com/blog/finishing-is-all-that-matters |
| 🎉 | tada | Celebration, announcement | Celebrate/alert | |
| 🐢 | turtle | To-do list item | Work flow | Early part of GitHub culture. Ref: "Turtles all the way down" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down "Hubot Description: Remember your yak frames as you shave deeper and deeper. (line break) It's turtles all the way down." |
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all-the-things | "Yes! All the things! Lots of enthusiasm | Empathize/status | Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html |
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starship_enterprise | I see your message, and I'm coming over now to take a look at the linked issue, after I look over the issue, I'll respond with my reccomendations and thoughts | Action | Star Trek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise |
| 🎨 | Art | This particular code comment is more of a stylistic note, it is not a blocker to a commit | Code comments | Artistic nuance |
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shovel | I'm digging out from a lot of notifications and emails | Status | |
| 🐬 | dolphin | I'm leaving this channel/conversation. No hard feelings, and I'm leaving! | Action being taken | Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_dUmDBfp6k |
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homer_bush | (Slightly embarrassed) I'm leaving this channel/conversation/work for the day. No hard feelings, and I'm leaving! | Action being taken | |
| 🙇 | bow | Politeness indicator: "I'm thanking, asking for something, or communicating something respectfully | Empathize | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowing |
| 🙏 | pray | Politeness indicator: "I'm saying please" | Empathize | https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/07/25/origin-of-please-and-thank-you/ |
| ✨ | sparkles | Cheer, recognition | Celebrate! | https://emojipedia.org/sparkles/ |
| 💯 | 100 | I agree strongly | Empathize | |
| 🚀 | rocket | It's done, the work has been shipped | Action being taken |
Topical area thoughts:
Celebrate! Empathize Alert Status Action being taken Next step
Connection: Sports teams, cities, states, countries, affinity groups
Indicate where you are- emoji for city you're in, if you're at headquarters