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Complete Definition of "facepalm"

English

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

Pronunciation
audio|Media:en-us-facepalm.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb

  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.
Revision and Credits for"facepalm"
  • 2007-06-12 16:14 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/198.99.32.5|198.99.32.5]] ([[User_talk:198.99.32.5|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:87.201.142.141|87.201.142.141]]

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