Although the tweet really issued from Durex, its content was rather tongue in cheek. The message was intended to garner the attention of customers and enlist them in the push for the creation a new ...

Durex sent social media alight when it announced it would release an eggplant-flavored condom. The condom maker announced Monday the new flavor in a tweet complete with an eggplant emoji. For those ...

Flavored condoms are quite common, though an eggplant variety is one that would likely turn more heads than something more traditional like blueberry. But all this hype didn’t last long. CNBC reports ...

As emoji become the new vernacular for virtual communication, brands are starting to incorporate the friendly ideograms into their messaging. But there isn't an emoji for everything, and being literal ...

Emoji have a tendency to be a bit G-rated. If you want to say something naughty, you’ve got to use your imagination. This has lead to ordinary images being used as shorthand for… Something else. I’m ...

One decidedly interesting use of emoji is using the symbolism of a certain purple vegetable to inspire an eggplant-flavored condom launch, Durex announced earlier this morning. And, more seriously, it ...

Labor Day is kinda silly. We already talked about that silliness earlier today. But the beloved condom makers over at Durex decided to troll the hell out of everyone to take their minds off all the ...

The eggplant emoji is used by many—from comedians to Kardashians to teens—to symbolize male genitalia. Or, as Amanda Hess wrote for Slate last year, “Move over, banana: The eggplant has risen to ...

On Monday, many Twitter users thought that condom manufacturer Durex had made a tragically misguided branding mistake. It all started with a September 5 th tweet that stated “#BreakingNews: We're ...

WHAT: Durex announced a new eggplant flavored condom for the brand’s ongoing #CondomEmoji campaign, using the phallic veg to raise awareness of the Unicode Consortium’s decision not to approve an ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As emoji become the new vernacular for virtual communication, brands are starting to incorporate the friendly ideograms into their ...