🦀

🦀 U+1F980, 🦀 CRAB ← 🥿 [U+1F97F] Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs 🦁 → [U+1F981]

English

Etymology

From 2018 April Fools’ Day single “Crab Rave” by musician Noisestorm, where the music video features crabs dancing in a similar form to this emoji; popularized by a version in which the words "Obama is Gone" were overlaid on the video.

Symbol

🦀︎

1. Used in celebration.

   🦀 The mods are gone 🦀

   They resigned! —Really? 🦀🦀🦀

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:🦀.
2. (Internet slang, humorous) good riddance

Usage notes

Frequently used following the downfall of a political opponent.