100 Custom Slack Emojis You Absolutely, Positively Need

Slack might get a lot of... well, slack for distracting people who are trying to get work done. So the fact that you can create animated emoji AND upload no limit of custom emoji to round out your Slack conversations might not help in that regard. But, we get a lot of work done at Revelry. And Slack emoji just helps us with our game.

We knock out one-week sprints. The solutions we deploy are lean and innovative. Our communication protocol kicks ass.

And, we've managed to add 514 custom emoji to our Slack team.

Yes, five hundred fourteen. And we're not done yet.

They say Slack lets you "bring your whole self to work." Emoji helps you be your whole self with a simple and silent click of the mouse. They can convey your mood or reaction faster and more succinctly than text can.

Slack Emoji Lists Aren't Hard to Find

**But be warned: **this is no basic list of Five Emoji for Coders. This is no simple list of Twelve Must-Have Slackmoji. This is your monster mega list of 100-ish custom emoji your company Slack needs. It is our gift to you. Now you can create animated emoji yourself--You're welcome.

Celebrate Good Times, Come On! (It's a Celebration)

Let's start with the reaction emoji that we most like to use. The team completed a tough sprint. Someone went above and beyond in their work. A tough bug was fixed. A glowing review from a client was received. Send the team some love.

: fistbump
: clapping
: pip
: italian_chef
: nice
: **300
**For when the default :100: just isn't good enough to convey how you feel
: amaze
: pikachu_amaze
: aw_yeah
: **aww_yeah
**When you need a little extra in your "aww yeah"

Subset #1: Celebratory Dancing

When you really feel like celebrating, you need to dance. And boy, do we have the emoji for that.

: carlton
: hammertime
: celeryman
: leftshark
: owldance
: andre_dance
: dancing_penguin
: **dancing_pizza
**Did I mention everyone loves pizza?
: hamster_dance
: pikachu_dancing
: sonic_dance
: tunak

Subset #2: Celebratory Drinking!

Lots of people like to celebrate with drinks. We're no different.

: bll
: gingeroo
: marg
: whiskey
: **espresso
**For those who favor non-alcoholic drinks

Ok, But What About When Things Aren't Going So Well?

While we would love for every day to be full of rainbows, those don't come without a little rain. So we decided to create animated emoji for when it's really raining. Project overdue? Bugs you can't figure out? Had a giant brain fart publicly on Slack? We got you, fam.

: **homer
**That really didn't go as planned
: **facepalm
**Did something annoying happen?
: **duckhuntdog
**Did something mildly annoying happen?
: **bruh
**Did something really annoying happen?
: **hr_vest
**Did someone say something NSFW?
: Kevin
: **dumpster_fire
**I haven't joined a team Slack channel yet that didn't have a dumpster fire emoji
: **dumpster_fire
**Or sometimes two dumpster fire emoji, because really, sometimes dumpster fires have a level of nuance that can only be differentiated by multiple emoji
: this_is_fine
: disapproval
: wtf
: **i_dunno
**When you need ¯_(ツ)_/¯, but in reaction emoji form
: **shaggy
**It wasn't me
: **90
**Not quite :100:, but hey, you tried?

Status Emoji

Another useful way to use Slack emoji are to reflect your status. Whether it's the office's status or your personal status.

: **nocox
**The internet is down
: **cox
**The internet is back
: **no_coffee
**We're out of coffee
: **no_parking
**All the parking spaces are now full
: **nocodeship
**Whoops, Codeship is down
: **wfh
**I'm working from home today
: **cat_typing
**I'm coding
: **matrix
**I'm really coding
: **sonic_waiting
**I'm waiting for something
: **waiting_for_free_heroku_dyno_to_wake_up
**I'm waiting for something very specific

Reaction Emoji (Reactji)

These are some basic reactions that didn't really fit in the other categories.

: **ditto
**When you agree with someone
: **aliens
**Where did that bug come from? Why is the app doing that when you click on that button? Why does it only crash once every 10 clicks???
: **david_s_pumpkins
**Any questions?
: **the-more-you-know
**Did you learn something?
: what_year_is_it
: its_a_trap
: its_a_tarp

Because why not?

: excellent
: all_the_things
: ballmer

Developers! Developers! Developers!

: not_bad
: **takei
**Oh my!

Show Off Your Team!

Your team probably has some cool people on it. Or at least your team knows some cool people? Or has some cool pets? Please tell me your team at least has ONE of those things? Then go nuts and create animated emoji for them! Nothing says “Good job, co-worker” like giving them an emoji reaction of themselves.

The Slack emoji here are just examples from our team, but I guess you could take them if you really want to. But that would be weird.

: andre
: sean
: **dope
**Does someone use a certain word often? Use a Custom Slack Response to post their image any time someone uses that word
: officepup
: wab
: wab_2

Show Off Your City!

If you work in a city that has a rich, cultural history, or just several inside jokes, make emoji for them!

: **morris_bart
**Do you have a local attorney who makes hilariously bad commercials?
: **blue_dog
**or a well-known local artist?
: **brees
**or a local sports team?
: **kingcakebaby
**or a scary local sports team mascot?
: **crawfish
**or a local food specialty?
: poboy
: chicago-flag

Showing some love for our Chicago office

: fly_the_w
: chicago-dog

What Are We Doing for Lunch?

: pizza
: bloomin_onion
: felipes
: drool

You Can't Have a Party Without a Party Parrot!

And of course, there will be several variations on the party parrot theme to fit any occasion.

: partyparrot
: partyparrotshuffle
: fieri_parrot
: dealwithit_parrot
: icecream_parrot
: party_corgi
: party_try_not_to_cry
: troll_parrot

Let's Get Fancy With Combo Emoji!

There's really no reason to use these, other than to prove you can.

: mercury1: and :mercury2
: mst3k: :mst3k-seat: :mst3k-servo: :mst3k-mike: :mst3k-crow
**parrotwave1::parrotwave2::parrotwave3::parrotwave4::parrotwave5::parrotwave6::parrotwave7 **