Man facepalming: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-light skin tone pressing his palm firmly against his forehead. The expression conveys a sense of frustration, embarrassment, or disbelief at a situation.
Usage Context
Used to react to bad jokes, poor decisions, or overwhelming frustration during a conversation. It serves as a visual shorthand for the phrase 'I can't believe this,' and is frequently used alongside 🙄 to signal extreme annoyance or regret.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the facepalm icon became a global internet staple, building on the popularity of the 'Picard facepalm' meme that had dominated tech forums and image boards for years prior.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏼♂
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fc_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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