Definitions For Facepalm

Verb

To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, 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.

Usage notes

Found primarily in real-time text communication on the Internet, often involving image macro, image macros or ASCII art of someone facepalming.

Coordinate terms

smack one's forehead

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 捂臉, 捂脸 (wǔliǎn), Polish: ukryć twarz w dłoniach, pf Russian: прикры́ть лицо́ ладонь, ладо́нью

Noun

FACEPALM (plural FACEPALMs) A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations.

Coordinate terms

headslapper

Derived terms

facepalmy

Translations

Finnish: naamapalmu French: main sur le front, f, facepalm, m German: Stirnklatsch, m Hungarian: facepalm Italian: facepalm, m, mano sul volto, f Korean: 마른세수 Russian: фейспа́лм, m, tr=fɛjspálm, фейспа́м, m (fɛjspám)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From face + palm. Attested since at least 2001.<ref></ref>

See also

appendix:gestures/facepalm