As a generic, it also makes for a good, rebus-like stand-in for firearm-adjacent concepts: firing something in the generic sense, or guns as a nickname for biceps—or, paired with the emoji ...

He posted a flexed biceps emoji along with an emoji of an eagle, as Nika posed outside the team's arena. Roberta Muhl's IG story. Nika Muhl had an underwhelming rookie season with the Seattle Storm.