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 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
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