🤯️ Exploding head emoji
HTML
🤯
Unicode
U+1F92F
What is 🤯️ called?
🤯️ is called the Exploding head emoji.
Usually called the mind-blown or head-exploding emoji. “Mind blown” is a figurative phrase for extreme amazement or a powerful realization.
What does 🤯️ mean?
The exploding head emoji expresses “mind blown,” astonishment, disbelief, or a sudden major realization. The top of the head bursting open exaggerates mental shock rather than showing a literal injury.
It is more dramatic than 😲 Astonished face and can react to remarkable facts, plot twists, technical breakthroughs, or overwhelming news. 💥 Collision represents an explosion or impact without a face.
Other meanings
It may indicate an epiphany, information overload, amazement, or feeling unable to process something. Violent contexts can make the imagery less playful.
Example Usage
That final plot twist completely changed the story 🤯
I just learned how enormous the observable universe is 🤯
More details
Its Unicode code point is U+1F92F, and it was introduced in Emoji 5.0. The official name describes the visual explosion, not a medical event.
Visual description
A yellow face has wide eyes and an open mouth while the top of its head erupts into a mushroom-shaped cloud or fiery burst.
Platforms vary the explosion colour, debris, and how much of the head appears opened, but the stunned facial expression remains.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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