woman facepalming: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F926 1F3FC 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person with one hand covering their face, indicating embarrassment, shame, or dismay. This specific variant shows a woman with dark skin.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents feelings of embarrassment, shame, disbelief, cringeworthiness, or general dismay.
Backstory
The 'Facepalming' emoji (without skin tone or gender) was introduced in Unicode 9.0 (2016). It quickly became popular for expressing a feeling of exasperated disbelief or disappointment in online interactions. The gendered and skin-toned variants like 'Woman Facepalming: Dark Skin Tone' provide more specific representation within this common gesture.
Usage Examples
- Reacting to a bad joke: 'Did you really just say that? 🤦🏿♀️'
- Expressing disbelief at news: 'They did WHAT?! 🤦🏿♀️'
- For an embarrassing moment: 'I tripped on the stairs again. 🤦🏿♀️'
- When something goes wrong: 'Of course, the train is delayed again. 🤦🏿♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to convey 'facepalm' moments, reacting to awkward situations, or expressing 'I can't believe this'.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often employed in response to absurd or embarrassing actions, sometimes with a nuance of 'I give up' or 'This is hopeless'.