U+1F92F · emoji since 2017
The exploding head is what happens when information is too much: mind officially blown. Plot twists, wild facts, and revelations that rearrange your worldview all qualify.
It's the strongest whoa on the keyboard. If 😲 is surprised and 😱 is screaming, 🤯 means the thought itself was too powerful.
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 Exploding Head emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the exploding head 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.