UnNews:Whatsapp eggplant emoticon rarely used correctly
Monday, July 7, 2014
Almost no users of Whatsapp use the eggplant emoticon to mean eggplant, a study has revealed.
The application's success has been largely due to its simple interface, free first year of service, and excessive number of cutesy pictures, according to industry experts.
Since Facebook bought the instant messaging service earlier this year, privacy rights have been gently removed, allowing researchers wide access to everything we read, write and attach using the application.
"In the technology sector it's always difficult to know what people will go for next," explains study leader Joanna Corey. "Every now and then a brave start-up will simply ask the public, 'More emoticons?' before dumping 200 of the suckers on their plate like school-special mashed potato.
"What we have found is that some people - mostly women with no fucking brains - write almost exclusively in emoticons. Of all emoticons, we found that 'eggplant' was least likely to have a literal meaning.
"It usually meant cock."
