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Mewing trend has turned to Emojis, but people are calling it ‘insensitive’
As if the Mewing trend on TikTok wasn’t controversial enough, people are now using two certain Emojis to represent it, causing further debate online.
The Mewing trend is an unverified non-cosmetic beauty technique, with social media users claiming it can make your jawline look more sculpted. However, experts have openly debunked the method as ineffective despite many claiming to have reaped its benefits.
What are the Mewing Emojis and why is it ‘insensitive’?
Social media users have created a new trend out of Mewing using two particular emoticons – a person pointing at their ear and a shushing face emoji: >+>�.
While the emoji combo represents the overall TikTok trend, the emoticon of a man or a woman pointing at their ear is a reference to the jaw alignment.
For the unversed, the latter emoji of a person with their fingers near their ears is used to show a deaf person and the fact that it’s being used to represent a beauty trend has irked many.
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The origin of the Mewing Emoji trend is unclear, but many have called it out for being “insensitive” and overlooking the real meaning of the symbol.
The shushing face emoji references the tongue position in Mewing – held against the roof of the mouth and the other emoji shows the position of the jaw. The actual trend requires you to breathe through the nose with your teeth slightly apart and lips closed.
Although there is no evidence to prove that the method can alter the jawline, users have been doing it religiously for gradual improvement.
Emoji combo >+>� slammed by users
It’s possible that some of the people participating in the Mewing Emoji trend may not be well-versed with the meaning of the deaf person symbol, but the rest wouldn’t entertain it any less.
One Twitter/X user slammed the trend that turns the deaf emoji into a mewing sign as “silly”.
“Could you be more tone-deaf? I can’t believe Mewing Emoji is a thing,” shared another.
A third user added: “Why are we using a deaf person emoji for the mewing thing? It makes no sense.”
Implying that the Mewing sign is insensitive, one user wrote: “I wonder how deaf people feel about the deaf emoji being turned into Mewing.”
