Facepalm

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English

Etymology

From English: face + palm (of one's hand). Found primarily in real-time text communication on the Internet.

Pronunciation

Verb

to facepalm (third-person singular simple present facepalms, present participle facepalming, simple past facepalmed, past participle facepalmed)

  1. To bring the palm(s) of one's hand(s) to one's face in mixed humor and disbelief. (e.g.: when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.)
  2. To bring one's face down to one's cupped hand or hands.

Noun

facepalm (plural: facepalms)

  1. The act of facepalming.

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