facepalm
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to facepalm (third-person singular simple present facepalms, present participle facepalming, simple past and past participle facepalmed)
- To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief or disgust or shame, for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.
- To bring one’s face down to one’s cupped hand or hands.
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Found primarily in real-time text communication on the Internet, often involving image macros or ASCII art of someone facepalming.
[edit] Translations
bring the palm of the hand to the face
bring the face to the palm of the hand
