If you have a smartphone, chances are you've desired an emoji that doesn't exist. Now the emoji powers that be are listening.

Unicode, the nonprofit organization the governs the Unicode Standard, is recommending 38 new emoji to be included in version 9.0, which will eventually makes it way to iOS, Android and other mail and messaging platforms.

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Although it's uncertain which of the 38 — if any — will be officially selected, the recommendations (first reported by Yahoo Tech) give us hope at creative, quirky conversations in 2016. Based on suggestions requested by the Internet, the list includes bacon, a lying face (with a Pinocchio-like nose), two fist-pump options (left and right-handed), a potato, a dancing man and a shark.

The news of potential Unicode 9.0 emoji comes just one month before version 8.0 is expected to debut. The organization previously teased a picture of a taco emoji and a list of other emoji, including a nerd and thinking face, new sports symbols (volleyball and tennis) and religious additions (prayer beads, mosque, synagogue and so on).

Here's a full look at Unicode's recommendations for 2016:

Proposed characters

Face with cowboy hat

Clown face

Nauseated face

Rolling on the floor face

Drooling face

Lying face

Call me hand

Selfie

Raised back of hand

Left-facing fist

Right-facing fist

Handshake

Hands with first and index finger crossed

Pregnant woman

Face palm

Shrug





People

Man dancing

Prince

Man in tuxedo

Mother Christmas





Others

Scooter

Motor scooter

Wilted flower

Clinking glasses

Octagonal sign

Black heart





Food items and plants

Avocado

Cucumber

Bacon

Potato

Carrot





Animals

Fox face

Eagle

Duck

Bat

Shark

Owl

Of course, adoption of the new standard won't guarantee these emoji will appear on mobile keyboards, but it reminds us that the future of messaging is ripe for fun additions. Note: Images of the emoji suggestions are here.

Unicode has not yet responded to a request for comment.

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