TexMojis for texting Texans are finally here

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The lives of texting Texans got a lot easier Monday night when the long-awaited TexMoji app, stocked with hundreds of tiny Lone Star-centric emoticons, was released in the Apple App Store.

Dinner plans can now quickly be sent with a tap of the screen – a burger in a yellow wrapper for Whataburger or a burrito, queso and Dos-a-Rita if a night at your favorite Tex-Mex restaurants sounds more appeasing.

Country singer, Rich O’Toole, and “Sorry, I’m Texan” social media personality, Sean Compton, joined forces to create a complete keyboard of Texas-style emojis for $1.99.

A lot of foreigners question why Texans do the things we do and there’s no doubt TexMoji will result in some questions but the app’s description offered clear and accurate reasoning for why it was necessary to our lives.

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“Queso is life,” the description said. “Therefore, I need a queso emoji in my life.”

Talk of the app began circulating in early May but still awaited Apple’s approval.

The demand for Texas emojis was impressive. On Monday morning, TexMoji was the third highest “paid” app on the store’s Top Charts, a tweet on its Twitter account said.

For a couple of bucks, buyer’s phones were filled with everything Texas – from favorites like Blue Bell and cans of Dr. Pepper and Big Red to prided college team hand symbols.

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TexMojis are not inserted into text messages but are instead sent individually, like a photo message would, Twitter user Melinda Lopez said.

The app is not yet available on Android devices, but according to the TexMoji Facebook page, a version is “on its way.”

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