# What authority assigns the "short" names of the Emoji?

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**Created:** [6월 4, 2015, 11:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665 "2015-06-04T23:49:34Z")\
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I don’t know that anyone is assigning short names.

But [per the Unicode spec](http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1f35f/index.htm) the name is

> FRENCH FRIES

and the short word chosen is

> FRIES

So maybe de-facto…

1. If the Unicode name for the Emoji is a single word, use that word

2. If the Unicode name for the Emoji is multiple words, pick _one_ of those words

Which one, I can’t say.. it’s clear that `:french:` would be a bad choice here 😉

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