Neutral face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face featuring simple, open eyes and a flat, horizontal line for a mouth. It displays a completely expressionless, deadpan look that avoids any hint of joy, sadness, or anger.

Usage Context

This face is the go-to response for awkward silences, underwhelming news, or when you want to signal that you are unimpressed. It is frequently used to convey a 'whatever' attitude, much like the 😑 or 😶 emojis, whenever a conversation hits a dry patch.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.1 in 2012, the neutral face was designed to fill a gap in digital communication where users needed a way to express a lack of reaction or a blank stare. It serves as the digital evolution of the classic 'straight-face' emoticon, which was typed as ':|' in early internet chat rooms and bulletin board systems to denote boredom or stoicism.

Details

Glyph

😐

Unicode

U+1F610

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f610:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE10;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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