moai 🗿 - OzVoca Emoji Details
moai
The moai emoji is modeled after the famous stone statues on Chile's Easter Island. It's characterized by its expressionless face.
Because of its deadpan face, this emoji is often used when you hear a bad joke or feel awkward. It can also express the feeling of just spacing out.
This emoji often symbolizes an emotionless attitude, much like the English expression "stone-faced." That's why it's widely used in internet memes as a reaction to absurd or baffling situations.
Interestingly, in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan, there is a "Moyai Statue" that resembles this emoji. It means "let's help each other," which is different from the Easter Island moai. Similarly, the emoji is sometimes used differently from its original meaning to express cynical or nihilistic feelings.