Emojis get a new, sexy makeover (NSFW)

Introducing Flirtmoji, for all those times when the emoji keyboard lacks the depth to fulfil your flirting needs.

The project launched last week and is the brainchild of four Californian designers. It aims, as they put it, "to empower people of all sexualities to communicate their desires, concerns, and flirtations".

The emojis cannot be found in the iTunes store due to their explicit content so users have to sign up to the Flirtmoji website and copy and paste them from their phone browser into texts and emails.

In an interview with the Verge, Flirtmoji's Katy McCarthy explained more about the rationale behind the project, saying "I think with sex there are things that are really hard to say and hard to ask for, and that’s such a beautiful window to be able to provide someone with language."

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