Man facepalming: light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with light skin covering his face with one hand, his palm pressed against his forehead in a gesture of total frustration or defeat. His expression remains hidden, emphasizing the universal feeling of disappointment.

Usage Context

This is the go-to reaction for when someone says something nonsensical, makes a glaring mistake, or when a situation becomes hopelessly absurd. It serves as a visual shorthand for 'I can't believe this is happening,' frequently used alongside 🤦 or 😩 to express secondhand embarrassment.

History

Facepalming has been a human gesture of frustration for ages, but it surged in internet popularity during the early 2000s meme era, particularly through the Star Trek 'Picard facepalm' image macro. This specific emoji version was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0 to give users a way to react to the growing volume of online nonsense.

Details

Glyph

🤦🏻‍♂

Unicode

U+1F926 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f926_1f3fb_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD26;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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