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 Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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