facepalm

A spontaneous reaction to an amazingly stupid statement, where the face of the listener meets with his palm in a smacking manner

Person A: OMG, Jessica Simpson got fat! She's defending womens' rights everywhere and being proud of her body!

Person B: FACEPALM

by ohhhhh yeaaaaahhh February 4, 2009

facepalm

usually an image posted on a message board or online blog that expresses disgust over one person's idiocy.

FACEPALM. because expressing how dumb that was in words just doesn't work.

by commonsense101 September 20, 2008

facepalm

The speechless and typically disapproving response to embarrassing stupidity or ignorance in way of hiding your face in your palm in awkward shame for the other person.

"I saw 'Troy' yesterday. I can't believe Achilles died of an arrow in the heel, that's so stupid!"

*facepalm*

by Sugarberg May 23, 2010

facepalm

A gesture in which you slap your hand against your face in times of shame, woe, disgust, or baffled at something stupid and idiotic someone said or did. Used on the Internet in times of IM or any other form of online chatting.

Example 1
rocketgirl11: omg, i think that f i got on my math test stood for FANTABULOUS.

sugarskull12: are you fucking kidding me? *facepalm*

sugarskull12 has logged off

rocketgirl11: what?

Example 2
Jamie: I can't believe you failed World Language. English is easiest language in word!

Moksha: *facepalm* It's English is THE easiest language in THE WORLD. And I'm the one that failed World Language? No, I would has passed the test if you gave time me for study!

Jamie: *facepalm* Would has? You serious Moksha?

by Psuedonym Pippy May 19, 2011

facepalm

The act of putting your face into your palms as something is completely and utterly stupid.

Robbie Garrett posted on the forums. Facepalm.

by M&&(&*&(* October 24, 2011

facepalm

Derived from the Comedie de L'arte, the facepalm gesture signified a change of humour based on a realization, a change of mask, to put on a new face.
The gesture became a standard trope of grief or weeping in theatre but when used comedically, indicated a shared misfortune. Imported into Vaudeville, the Three Stooges' innovated the gesture as a surrealistic form of violence, indicating surprise, fear and disdain.
The completed gesture was a stock expression in newspaper comics and used in animated films, exaggerating a sense of mock tragedy or comic disbelief.

Curly facepalmed himself when he saw the ghost, then peeped through his fingers to see if it was still there. Instead Moe was standing there, and asked "Whats the matter with you?" and tried to poke Curly in both eyes with his fingers. Curly defended by turning his facepalm into a noseshield which caught Moe's poke. In retaliation, Moe doubled Curly over with a punch in the stomach and straigtened him up with a fist to the head. It was then that Moe saw the ghost and both facepalmed, peeping through their fingers. Instead Larry was standing there asking "Where did you guys go?" etc.

by Pottergreen August 7, 2011

facepalm

A term used to describe facebook when annoyed with its' social norms, features or chat system.

James- Crap my mom just added me as a friend, dammit facepalm.

Ricardo- Oh great it's my birthday now I can wait for facepalm to send me 2397843 notifications of people saying 'happy birthday'.

Gregor- NINE! FICKEN DIE FACEPALM CHAT!

by EnglishMadeDifficult July 29, 2010