Person facepalming Emoji

People

A person placing their palm flat against their forehead, with eyes closed in a gesture of frustration or fatigue. It depicts the universal non-verbal expression of being overwhelmed by someone else's mistake or a foolish situation.

Usage Context

Used to signal immediate annoyance, disbelief, or the feeling that a situation is beyond repair. It acts as a digital shorthand for the phrase 'smh' (shaking my head). It is frequently used in reaction to poor logic or bad decisions, often alongside the 😩 or 🙄 emojis.

History

The facepalm gesture gained massive popularity as an internet meme in the 2000s, largely driven by images of Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek. It was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, reflecting the culture of expressing workplace and social exasperation through messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🤦

Unicode

U+1F926

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f926:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD26;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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