New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- New emojis incoming! The Unicode Consortium, which sets the standard for all smartphone emojis has officially signed off on eight new designs for Unicode 17.0. According to Emojipedia, this fresh batch includes a distorted face, a fight cloud, a trombone, an apple core, a ballet dancer, a hairy "cryptid" figure, an orca, and a treasure chest. Each candidate came through an open proposal process and was reviewed by a global team. Their goal was to represent a wider mix of emotions, objects, and cultural quirks.

Several of the new additions like the distorted face and fight cloud are already drawing attention for their expressive possibilities in group chats. Others such as the cryptid (which has roots in Bigfoot fol...