slweeb's definitions

delta variant

Variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was discovered first in India in October 2020. It has an increased infectivity rate and has shown to be less affected by the COVID vaccines, and is now the dominant strain in the United States. Synonyms are B.1.617.2, AY.1, and AY.2.

The delta variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the US.

by slweeb July 12, 2021

Dragon Man

an extinct human species from 62-296 thousand years ago, notable for its big skull

Nicknamed "Dragon Man", the specimen represents a human group that lived in East Asia at least 146,000 years ago.

by slweeb July 1, 2021

ZWJ

Zero Width Joiner. An invisible Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

These emojis have ZWJ in them: 💏 👩 ❤️ 💋 👨 👨 ❤️ 💋 👨 👩 ❤️ 💋 👩 💑 👩 ❤️ 👨 👨 ❤️ 👨 👩 ❤️ 👩 👪️ 👨 👩 👦 👨 👩 👧 👨 👩 👧 👦 👨 👩 👦 👦 👨 👩 👧 👧 👨 👨 👦 👨 👨 👧 👨 👨 👧 👦 👨 👨 👦 👦 👨 👨 👧 👧 👩 👩 👦 👩 👩 👧 👩 👩 👧 👦 👩 👩 👦 👦 👩 👩 👧 👧 👨 👦 👨 👦 👦 👨 👧 👨 👧 👦 👨 👧 👧 👩 👦 👩 👦 👦 👩 👧 👩 👧 👦 👩 👧 👧

by slweeb June 21, 2021

VS-16

Variation Selector-16. An invisible Unicode character that indicates the previous character should be rendered in its emoji presentation.

Without VS-16: ⚠

With VS-16: ⚠️

by slweeb June 21, 2021

#general

The default channel name that is created when making a new Discord server. It is the place where people chat about no topic in particular.

Let's bring this to #general please.

by slweeb June 21, 2021

R74moji

Free-to-use pixel art emoji set developed by R74n.

Check out my R74moji!

by slweeb June 21, 2021

🏳️ 🟧 ⬛️ 🟧

The Refugee Nation flag that only displays correctly on WhatsApp. This emoji uses a custom Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence, so when you copy and paste it into the WhatsApp app, it will look right. It is an orange flag with a thin horizontal black stripe, representing the proposed Refugee Nation of Syria.

🏳️ 🟧 ⬛️ 🟧 🏳️ 🟧 ⬛️ 🟧 🏳️ 🟧 ⬛️ 🟧

by slweeb June 21, 2021