This emoji 🤮 is usually used to represent the feeling of nausea and vomiting. It can be used to express the aversion to certain foods. For example, when one eats spoiled or extremely bad - tasting food, this emoji can be used to convey that nauseous reaction. It can also be used to show the disgust towards a certain scene, smell or behavior. When seeing some very unhygienic and uncomfortable scenes, 🤮 can be used to express the inner feeling of nausea.
I ate something bad today 🤮
When I saw that pile of garbage, I almost 🤮
In Eastern cultures, the 🤮 emoji is usually used to express feelings of nausea and disgust. For example, it may be used when seeing dirty things, smelling bad odors, or feeling extremely repulsed by certain behaviors.
In Western culture, 🤮 also represents the feeling of nausea and vomiting, and may be used to express disgust towards unappetizing food, seeing discomforting scenes (such as bloodiness, filth, etc.), or someone's inappropriate behavior.
Cross-Cultural Usage Tips
When used in a cross - cultural context, since 🤮 generally expresses the meaning of nausea, it is relatively easy to understand. However, it should be noted that the degree of acceptance in different cultures may vary slightly, and avoid using it randomly in formal, solemn or potentially offensive situations.
It is more suitable for use in relatively casual chatting among friends, such as when discussing unpalatable food, bad travel experiences (for example, topics related to vomiting caused by carsickness or seasickness) or complaining about some uncivilized behaviors in social situations.
It is rarely used in the workplace in general, unless it is for discussing creative content within the creative and art - related industries (such as creations with the theme of disgust), or for mentioning things related to disgust within a very relaxed and informal team (when colleagues have a close relationship and the topics are rather casual, such as extreme situations like problems with the food during a company dinner).