Man facepalming: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-dark skin tone covering his face with his hand, with his palm pressed firmly against his forehead. His expression is one of frustration, embarrassment, or intense annoyance.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response for bad news, illogical arguments, or when someone says something particularly foolish. It is the visual equivalent of shaking your head in silence. People frequently use it alongside 🙄 to highlight a sense of complete and utter disbelief at a situation.
History
Facepalming has been a common gesture of despair for centuries, but it entered the digital mainstream as a meme in the early 2000s, often featuring Captain Picard from Star Trek. Unicode 9.0 officially added the facepalm emoji in 2016 to give users a shorthand for expressing collective exasperation in messaging apps.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏾♂
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fe_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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