OAP creates new emojis aimed at pensioners featuring memory pills, false teeth and ‘spending the kids’ inheritance’
A CREATIVE social media using woman has designed a new set of emojis specifically for older people to use.
Diane Hill wanted to depict people with false teeth, memory pills and old men wearing budgie smugglers.
There is even a special emoji for "spending the kids' inheritance".
The frustrated 56-year-old decided to compile her own list of 'emoldjis' in a bid to help OAPs converse on text messages and social media - after she was inspired by an outreach project.
Diane enlisted in the help of local artist Chris Oxenbury, 42, who was commissioned to formally design her suggestions and sketches.
The fun new designs are now awaiting official approval from the Unicode Consortium, which regulates emoji updates.
Whatsapp and social media users could see designs such as "older person looking disapproving over glasses", "spending the kids' inheritance" and "no budgie smugglers".
Diane, from Coventry, West Mids., said: "I needed something that shows pain because my back hurts, my knees hurt and I need emojis with glasses.
"When I first saw them I thought they were fantastic.
"I love the 'spending the kids inheritance one'.
"I could send any of these emojis to my friends and they'd know what I mean."
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Artist Chris Oxenbury, from The Art of Okse, said: "I met Diane and we came up with these designs.
"We called them 'emoldjis' which we thought was a cool play-on-words.
"It was really good fun to create them. To be honest, I think it would allow older people to feel more included.
"Diane thought of the idea after her friend was telling her what a great tan she had from coming back off holiday.
"She wanted to send her friend a picture of herself, but she accidentally sent her the poo emoji, thinking it was a black woman.
"That's when she realised the current emojis were confusing her and that she wanted to make them more relatable to older people.
"She wanted to make them bigger too.
"We are sending them to Unicode, which is similar to the Oxford dictionary and how they include new words every year."
Test your emoji skills and see if you can follow this famous love story which is depicted entirely in the text language and see if you can spot these children's books.
For those less fluent in emoji, go to our guide to learn more.
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