U+1F4A3 · emoji since 2010
The bomb is an explosion waiting to happen. It means something is about to blow up, a big reveal, or that thing is the bomb, meaning amazing.
It marks bombshell news, dramatic drops, and anything intense enough to detonate the group chat.
In texting, 💣️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 💣️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Bomb emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the bomb emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 💣️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.