LOL! 'Baingan' flavoured condom turns Twitterati purple

Condom manufacturer Durex, on Tuesday, announced the release an eggplant or baingan-flavored condom with an eggplant emoji on Twitter sending Twitterverse in a tizzy

Condom manufacturer Durex, on Tuesday, announced the release an eggplant-flavored condom on Twitter complete with an eggplant emoji.

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#BreakingNews: We're launching an exciting new savoury #condom range - Eggplant flavour! ðu00c2u009fu00c2u008du00c2u0086 #CondomEmoji pic.twitter.com/idA07EaiXC

— Durex Global (@durex) September 5, 2016

For the uninitiated, the eggplant or brinjal or baingan emoji is used in messages to refer to a male's private parts and this announcement naturally sent Twitterati in a tizzy.

Durex isn't really bringing out a savory condom flavor. Instead, the tweet was part of the company's campaign to get a condom emoji introduced in a bid to get young people to talk about safe sex.

Here are some of the reactions

#Durex has launched #eggplant flavoured condom.

So expect intimate couple conversations to be like "Darling what plants for the weak end?"

— Amey Kulkarni (@Kulkarnium) September 6, 2016

Anju: Have you heard about that Eggplant flavored condoms
Manju: *sigh* Deedi ek hi baat hai, lagao ya na lagao

— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) September 5, 2016

Durex thinks banging = 'baingan' in Hindi - they've launched eggplant condom. No other reason. Bhartiya nari gets a load of #Bharta culture

— Kunal Anand (@KunalWrites) September 6, 2016

.@durex tinda flavour aur nikal do to population hi double ho jaye ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082

— Saint Maithun (@Being_Humor) September 5, 2016

WHO THE HELL IS TRYING TO USE AN EGGPLANT CONDOM

— Aaron (@zerogravityga) September 6, 2016

Umm... Baingan ka bharta will have a whole new connotation now ðu00c2u009f¤u00c2u0094 ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0091 ðu00c2u009f¤u00c2u0090 https://t.co/KwUEepdovp

— Namrata D'souza (@nams_cricfreak) September 5, 2016

Durex be like "wear an eggplant condom, Jr would look thick like the vegetable." *scoffs* pic.twitter.com/Tb2OI8hw6A

— Wahiyat PJs (@Wahiyat_PJs) September 6, 2016

The funny thing is eggplant itself tastes like rubber. So Durex has launched condom flavoured condoms. Good job.

— Sahodaran Mustafa (@sidin) September 5, 2016

Jains are gonna avoid that Egg Plant Condom.

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 5, 2016

Dear Durex, please drop the idea of an eggplant flavoured condom.
As they say, let baingans be baingans.

— Gabru Tippler (@MrTippler) September 5, 2016

@twinitisha look at the size of the egg plant on the condom box..are these meant for elephants :)

— desi_mangoman (@deshi_mangoman) September 5, 2016

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