facepalm

Etymology
From. Attested since at least 2001.

Noun

 * 1) A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations.

Translations

 * Catalan: mà a la cara
 * Finnish:
 * French: main sur le front,
 * German: Stirnklatsch, Facepalm, Fazialpalmieren
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, mano sul volto
 * Korean: 마른세수
 * Russian:, фейспа́м

Verb

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) To bring one’s face down to one’s cupped hand or hands.
 * 1) To bring one’s face down to one’s cupped hand or hands.
 * 1) 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 macros or of someone facepalming.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 捂臉,
 * Dutch: het gezicht in de handen verbergen, zich voor de kop slaan
 * Finnish: peittää kasvonsa kämmenellään
 * French: se taper la main sur le front, se taper la tête avec la main
 * German: die Hände vors Gesicht schlagen, fazialpalmieren
 * Hungarian: fogja a fejét
 * Italian: portare il palmo della mano al volto
 * Japanese: 手に顔を埋める
 * Korean: 손바닥-을 얼굴-에 대다
 * Swedish: ta sig för pannan


 * Dutch: het gezicht in de handen verbergen
 * Finnish: haudata kasvonsa kämmeniinsä
 * French: se cacher la tête dans la main
 * Hungarian: kezébe temeti arcát
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: ukryć twarz w dłoniach
 * Russian: прикры́ть лицо́ ладо́нью

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) facepalm