Person facepalming: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium skin tone holding their hand to their forehead in a gesture of frustration, embarrassment, or disbelief. The facial expression typically shows closed eyes and a downcast mouth, signaling a moment of complete exasperation.
Usage Context
Used to express deep annoyance or the feeling that a situation is so absurd it defies explanation. It is the go-to reaction for bad jokes, illogical arguments, or realizing you made a silly mistake. People often pair it with 🤦♂️ or 🤦♀️ to specify gender, or use it alongside 🙄 when they are completely fed up with someone.
History
The facepalm gesture has been a staple of non-verbal communication for decades, but it didn't join the digital keyboard until Unicode 9.0 in 2016. It was added alongside a wave of other expressive human gestures to give users a way to react to the chaos of social media conversations without typing out a long sentence.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏽
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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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