๐คฆ Person facepalming
๐คฆ Emoji meaning
Seriously?! Disbelief, frustration, secondhand embarrassment, or self-criticism.
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๐คฆ Meaning
Facepalm describes a gesture that became popular through the Star Trek series. โThat cannot be true!โ is what you think when facing the stupidity of other people. Can also be used if you are embarrassed for someone else.
Examples
- I totally forgot that. ๐คฆ
- Did I really just say that? ๐คฆ
- Oh no, that was so embarrassing! ๐คฆ
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Facepalm vs anxious face; both show stress, though one is explicitly the gesture of covering the face.
Shrug vs facepalm; both reflect confusion or frustration with a situation.
Variants
U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji โPerson facepalmingโ was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016 and added to Emoji 3.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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Similar emojis from "Gesture"
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Anonymous โOh no!โ