Woman facepalming: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-dark skin pressing her palm against her forehead, hiding most of her face. The expression captures a look of frustration, annoyance, or total disbelief.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response for bad news, illogical arguments, or embarrassing mistakes. It serves as a visual shorthand for 'I cannot believe this is happening' and pairs well with 😩 to emphasize a sense of defeated exhaustion or social cringe.
History
Facepalm became an official Unicode emoji in 2016 as part of the move to represent complex human gestures. The gesture itself has roots in physical theater and comedy, but it exploded in popularity alongside internet meme culture as a way to react to viral stupidity or 'fail' videos.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏾♀
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fe_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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