Facepalm

Facepalm gesture

A facepalm (sometimes also face-palm or face palm) is when someone places their hand flat across their face or puts their face into their hand or hands. This gesture is found in many cultures. It can be done as a display of frustration, embarrassment,^[1] shock, or surprise.^[2]

Facepalm Media

Agnès Varda doing a facepalm
Facepalm
A frustrated man sitting at a desk.

References

↑ Maxwell, Kerry. facepalm. BuzzWord (4 Jul 2011)Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 22 Nov 2011.
↑ Taylor, Kimberly Hayes. Stressed brokers can't keep their hands off their faces. Why?. The Body Odd (9 Aug 2011)MSNBC. Retrieved 22 Nov 2011.

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[Maxwell11-1] Maxwell, Kerry. facepalm. BuzzWord (4 Jul 2011)Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 22 Nov 2011.

[Taylor11-2] Taylor, Kimberly Hayes. Stressed brokers can't keep their hands off their faces. Why?. The Body Odd (9 Aug 2011)MSNBC. Retrieved 22 Nov 2011.

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