From Dictionary.com: What Does The 🫠 Melting Face Emoji Mean?

WHERE DOES 🫠 MELTING FACE EMOJI COME FROM?

The Melting Face emoji 🫠 was approved under Unicode 14.0 in 2021. On most platforms, the emoji resembles a yellow smiling face with a bottom half that is melting.

The Melting Face emoji 🫠 was designed by Neil Cohn and Jennifer Daniel in 2019. According to Cohn, the emoji was inspired by a trope in Japanese manga in which an embarrassed character will turn into paper and fly away. The Melting Face emoji 🫠 was intended to be “more visceral” while still being flexible enough to use to describe a wide variety of emotions.