EMOJIS AS SECRET CODES ON DATING APPS

If you want more right swipes on dating apps, you are going to need to master the new visual language of love.

Emojis are being used to send out coded messages that frequent users stand to miss out on altogether if you don’t know it’s there. Looking to hook up at home? There’s emoji code for that. Seeking a sugar daddy?

Yup, there’s a way to put that out too. Here’s your guide to some of the secret codes on dating apps…

WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU ON?

(Vanilla): Even on a dating app, some of us are still conservative.

(Folded hands + Angel): Nothing kinky.

(Cop): Any emoji that involves a uniform involves role-play. Meawhile…

(Ring): Seeks marriage and commitment.

(Unlock): Just out of a relationship. Recently single.

❤ (Couple + eyes): Married but looking. (Home): ‘I can host tonight’, very important in space-starved Indian cities. (Turd): A term of endearment to indicate an ex.

HEAVENLY BODIES

♊ (Gemini): Swings both ways. ♍ (Virgo): Some are still saving themselves for marriage.

(Rainbow): Out and Proud

(Closet): Discreet. Still in the closet

ONLINE TRANSACTIONS

(Honey + Old man): Sugar daddy. (Bunny girl): Female escort

(Money + boy): Male escort

(Rose): The flower is used by escorts to quote their price. For example, five roses could indicate Rs 5,000.

WHAT’S YOUR POISON?

The anonymity of a hook-up app ensures that you can openly declare your status as a ‘user’, with emojis encrypting your preferences.

Pill: Heroin ❄(Snowflake): Cocaine (Puff): Smoker

(Syringe): Shooter (Syringe + Money): Hustler or drug peddler / (Maple or Mushroom): Au naturel weed or hashish

And if all of this is too much for you to handle, you could always and sign out.