Butterflies Emoji 🦋🤢🦋
Meaning
The nervous, exciting feeling of a new crush.
This emoji shows that exciting, tummy-fluttering feeling you get when you like someone new. It means you're a little nervous but happy about a romantic connection.
It literally depicts a blue and purple butterfly with its wings spread open.
People send it to show they have a crush or feel a flutter of excitement about someone.
What Butterflies Means in a Text
The same emoji can land very differently depending on who receives it. Here is how 🦋🤢🦋 usually reads in each situation.
| Who you send it to | How it reads |
|---|---|
| New crush | Feeling nervous and excited |
| Long-term partner | Rekindling old romance or excitement |
| Friend | Rarely used, might hint at more |
| Family | Never used, would be very strange |
Good times to send it
- Someone you're starting to like
- A new date you're excited about
- Your crush when you're feeling shy
When to think twice
- When you're ending a relationship
- To someone you only see as a friend
Popular Butterflies Combinations
Pairing emojis changes the message. These combinations are the most common ones people use.
- 🦋🥰 = new crush excitement
- 🥺🦋 = feeling shyly nervous
- ✨🦋 = magical new feelings
Example messages
Omg I have major 🦋 about our date tonight!
Every time you text, I get the 🦋!
Where Butterflies Came From
The phrase 'butterflies in the stomach' has long meant nervous excitement. People started combining the butterfly and nauseated face emojis to show this exact feeling, especially for new crushes.
How it looks on different phones
The individual butterfly and nauseated face emojis look different on various platforms. Apple's butterfly is realistic, while Google's is more cartoon-like. Samsung often uses brighter colors for both, and Twitter/X has simpler designs.
Easy to mix up with
- 🦋 Some people might just use the single butterfly emoji, but that misses the sick, nervous feeling.
Who Reads It Differently
Younger people often understand this emoji combination very well. Older generations might not get the specific 'nervous crush' meaning right away.
Unwritten rules
- Do: Use it when you feel excited and nervous, like for a new crush.
- Don't: Use it for just feeling sick, it means more than that.
- Do: Share it with close friends who understand your feelings.
More ways people use it
Just saw them walk by, my stomach is doing the 🦋🤢🦋.
First date tomorrow! Feeling all kinds of 🦋🤢🦋.
Every time I see their name pop up, it's 🦋🤢🦋.
Omg, they just looked at me. So much 🦋🤢🦋!
How to Type Butterflies
You do not have to copy and paste every time. Every emoji has its own code, and most devices let you type one directly.
- On Windows: press Win + . (the full stop key) to open the emoji picker, then search for Butterflies.
- On Mac: press Ctrl + Cmd + Space and search for Butterflies.
- On iPhone or Android: tap the smiley on your keyboard and use the search box.
- In Slack or Discord: type the shortcode :butterflies_in_stomach:.
Technical details
| Emoji | 🦋🤢🦋 |
| Unicode code point | U+1F98B U+1F922 U+1F98B |
| Official Unicode name | Butterfly, Nauseated Face, Butterfly |
| Shortcode | :butterflies_in_stomach: |
Where to Go Next
crushing emoji — The shy-glances stage that these exact butterflies belong to.. beating heart emoji — Same nerves, different organ — the flutter moves to the chest..
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