Broom

Primarily used to signal cleaning out negativity, celebrating sports sweeps, or dismissing drama — carries strong pop culture weight.

Used literally for cleaning and housework conversations; in younger urban circles, adopted for the 'sweep drama' meaning from Western pop culture.

Largely understood in its literal sense for domestic cleaning; younger users in Gulf states adopt the sweep/victory connotation from social media.

Universally recognized as a cleaning tool; the sweeping-away-negativity metaphor is broadly understood across most cultures.

Used primarily in literal domestic contexts — cleaning, housekeeping, or festive home preparation like before Eid.

Associated with literal home cleaning, especially in the context of temple or home preparation for festivals.

The broom (扫帚) carries traditional symbolism — sweeping before New Year brings good luck by clearing bad energy; this emoji is used positively around Spring Festival.

Connected to the concept of 'osoji' (big cleaning) before New Year; also associated with the Kiki's Delivery Service witch aesthetic beloved in Japanese pop culture.

Used in cleaning content on platforms like KakaoTalk and Instagram; also appears in esports communities to celebrate team sweeps.

Shares the Chinese New Year cleaning tradition meaning; also used casually in housekeeping and domestic content online.

Used for both literal cleaning and as a protest-adjacent symbol — 'sweeping away' oppression — in certain activist online communities.

Associated with household chores and the superstition that sweeping at night sweeps away good luck; used carefully in casual contexts.

Mostly used in its literal cleaning sense; younger Indonesians also adopt the 'sweep drama' meaning from TikTok culture.

Used in domestic and cleaning contexts; the broom also carries mild superstitious connotations in Thai folklore about spirits.

Associated with Tết preparations — sweeping the house before Lunar New Year to remove bad luck; used positively in that seasonal context.

Used in literal cleaning contexts and in Ramadan/Hari Raya house-cleaning preparation posts on social media.

Used in domestic and cleaning contexts; Snapchat and WhatsApp use among youth adopts the 'sweeping away drama' metaphor.

Cosmopolitan usage — both literal domestic meaning and the sweep/victory meme culture imported through social media.

Used literally for cleaning; in meme culture on Egyptian Twitter/X, adopted to mock political figures 'sweeping scandals under the rug.'

Used in home and cleaning content; younger Turkish users on Twitter use it sarcastically in political commentary about covering up controversies.

Connected to Nowruz 'khaneh takani' (spring cleaning) traditions — sweeping the home before Persian New Year carries cultural significance.

Used in literal cleaning contexts and in Nollywood/pop culture meme spaces to indicate drama being swept away or a clean break.

Used in both literal domestic contexts and in sports meme culture, particularly around cricket and rugby series sweeps.

Used for literal cleaning and heavily in football/sports contexts to celebrate or mourn a sweep result; also popular in witchy/Halloween aesthetics.

Primarily literal domestic usage; also associated with witch imagery and All Saints' Day aesthetics in pop culture.

Associated with thorough cleaning (Germans are culturally associated with cleanliness); used literally and in organizational/productivity content.

Used in domestic cleaning contexts and in football culture to celebrate dominant victories — 'escoba/scopa' energy when a team sweeps.

Widely used in sports contexts (especially football) to celebrate sweeps; also common in domestic content and in the 'limpeza' (cleaning up) metaphor for removing negativity.

Used in Day of the Dead home-cleaning preparation and literal domestic contexts; also in sports meme culture for sweep celebrations.

Broadly used for cleaning content and increasingly for sports sweep celebrations across Latin American social media platforms.

Used in sports contexts for cricket or rugby sweeps and in literal cleaning/home organization content; also part of Halloween witch aesthetic.