The 'shhh' emote depicts a yellow emoji face with wide eyes making a shushing gesture with its finger to its lips. It is used to tell others in chat to be quiet, to keep something secret, or to indicate that someone should stop talking about a particular topic. It can be used playfully or seriously depending on context.
Origin
This emote is based on the standard Unicode emoji 🤫 (shushing face emoji), which was added to Unicode 10.0 in 2017. The emote became popular across various Twitch channels and third-party emote platforms like BetterTTV, FFZ, and 7TV as streamers and communities adopted it for their channels. While not an official global Twitch emote, it has been widely used since the late 2010s as communities began adding emoji-based emotes to their channels.
When to use
When chat is being too loud or spammy and needs to calm down
When someone mentions something that might be a spoiler
When discussing something that should be kept secret from the streamer
During stealth or sneaky moments in games
When trying to coordinate a surprise or secret plan in chat
Playfully telling someone to stop revealing information
When the streamer is trying to listen to important dialogue or audio
