Each year a new batch of emojis is announced. The Unicode Consortium is responsible for each release. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that came about to create a universal standard of character codes throughout the globe.

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Last year we Mainers got the lobster and this year, blueberries! We still have a ways to go until Maine can fully be represented in our emoji drawers.

5. Bean Boot

LLBean.com
LLBean.com
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Ok so it likely wouldn't be SPECIFICALLY L.L. Bean but the duck boot style is immensely popular so it's about time it gets some emoji representation.

4. Moose

funny awkward moose eating
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The deer emoji just isn't good enough. Let's show some respect to these beasts. I'm sure Alaska and Canada will back me up here.

3. A really cold person

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Credit: Getty Images
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Ok, they have a cold/frozen smiley face but I think we can do better. There are people in bathing suits. Why not someone bundled in a jacket, scarf, hat, and mittens? That's our outfit for like, 6 months out of the year!

2. Chickadee

Black-Capped Chickadee Perched on Pie Tree Branch with Cones
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State bird. Enough said.

1. Pothole

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ThinkStock
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The bane of our driving existence. If our tax dollars can't fund the potholes being repaired, can they at least fund an emoji?

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