Facepalm - Wikipedia

A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face, lowering one's face into one's hand or hands or covering or closing one's eyes. Facepalm FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Gestureandinternetterm CaïnbyHenriVidal,TuileriesGarden,Paris,1896.Cainisdepictedafterkillinghisbrotherhidinghisfaceinhishand.[1] Afacepalmisthephysicalgestureofplacingone'shandacrossone'sface,loweringone'sfaceintoone'shandorhandsorcoveringorclosingone'seyes.Thegestureisoftenexaggeratedbygivingthemotionmoreforceandmakingaslappingnoisewhenthehandcomesincontactwiththeface.Thegestureisfoundinmanyculturesasadisplayoffrustration,disappointment,exasperation,embarrassment,horror,[2]shock,surprise,exhaustion,sarcasm,orincredulousdisbelief.[3] Contents 1Origins 2Internetusage 3Similargestures 4Inpopularculture 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks Origins[edit] AgnèsVardadoingafacepalm Thetermfacepalm(oftenusedonitsowninthesamemannerasaninterjectionmightbe)meansthatthepalmofthehandisbroughttothefacewithfingerssplayedasifgrasping. TheearliestknownevidenceofthiswordisfoundinrecordsofanUsenetpostnowarchivedatGoogleGroups(bit.listserv.superguy)fromMay15,1996:“Christiefacepalmed.‘Well,herhairwasredthismorning,right?It'sblondenow.Youfigureitout.’”Itappearsagainlessthanaweeklater,inanotherpostarchivedinGoogleGroups:“Leefacepalmed.‘Arrgh...’”[4] Imagesofstockbrokersfacepalminghavebeenwidelyusedinthemediatoconveythedismayassociatedwithpoorfinancialperformance,[3][5]andawidevarietyofregrettablefilm,[6]business,[7]andpolitical[8][9]decisionshavebeendescribedas“facepalms”or“facepalmmoments”.AccordingtoOxfordUniversityPresslexicographerSusieDent,thisversatilityisoneofthereasonsthatthewordhasbeenlinguistically“successful”.[10]ItwasaddedtotheOxfordEnglishDictionaryinAugust2011.[11] Thisgestureisnotuniquetohumans.Forexample,agroupofmandrillsatColchesterZooadoptedasimilargesturetosignaltheirdesiretoavoidsocialinteractionorbeleftalone.[12] Internetusage[edit] Apictogramofafacepalm Facepalm'smeaningonlineisthesameasthephysicalgesture'smeaninginreallife—itexpressesfrustration,disappointment,embarrassment,shock,surpriseorsarcasm.Itsonlineuseistoportrayemotionsandfeelingsthatotherwisemaynotbeeasilyexpressedthroughtextalone.Thegesturefindsuniversalappealbecauseofitscommonusageineveryculture.[citationneeded]ThefacepalmgestureisapopularInternetmemetoshowauser'sfrustrationordisappointmentinanarticle,comment,orpostfromanotheruser.Itisoftenalsousedtoindicateincredulousdisbeliefthatanothercouldmakeastatementthatthereaderconsidersunusuallyfoolishornaive. Thegesturecanbevisuallyrepresentedbyapictureofapersondoingthegesture,oritcanbeshownthrougharecreationofsomeonedoingthegestureusingsymbols,suchasperiods,parentheses,orbrackets,toformanoutlineofapersondoingthephysicalgesture.Thesymbolrepresentationoffacepalmcanbemadeinmanydifferentsizesfordifferentpurposes,suchasacommentoratextmessage.AnothervisualuseoffacepalmisafacepalmemojioremoticonthatcanbefoundonmanywebsitessuchasSkype.Theseemojisareusedinasimilarsensetootherinternetusesoffacepalm. VideoofaFacepalm Onlineuseofthegestureisnotlimitedtovisualrepresentations,oftenjusttheword,facepalm,isusedtoshowsomeone'sdisapprovalorembarrassment.Thewordisalsooftensurroundedinasterisksorbetweensquarebrackets—*facepalm*or[facepalm]respectively—toseparatethegesturefromotherwordsinapost.Sinceitsinception,facepalmhasgainedwidespreadpopularityasamemeorcommentimagetoportrayauser'sfrustrationordisappointmentofacertaintopic.ManysitessuchasRedditusethisimagefrequentlyandinmanydifferentways,oftentofinishastoryorjokethathasbeendeemeddumborhadanobviouspunchline. In2016thefacepalmgesturewasincludedinUnicode9.0asU+1F926🤦FACEPALMemoji.[13][14] Thekeyboard-generatedemoticonforfacepalmisoftenshownas'(-_Q)'or'Q-/'withtheQportrayingthehandbeingplacedontheface,as'm-/'themportrayingfingersandthe/amouthinafrustratedexpression,oras'm('. Similargestures[edit] Adoublefacepalm. Doublefacepalm:Similartothefacepalmbutperformedwithtwohands. SMHisanotherInternetslangtermcommonlyinterpretedas“shakingmyhead”,withanassociatedemoji. Headdesk:Expressinggreatfrustrationbystrikingtheforeheadagainstsomething,usuallyadeskorawall.[15]Whereasthe“headdesk”gestureistypicallydonesuccessivetimestoemphasizethemotion,thefacepalmgestureisusuallyasingularact.Onsomemediasites,theheaddeskiscombinedwith“facepalm”astheterm“facedesk”,withrelativelythesamemeaningsavefortherepetition,whichissingularandexaggerated. Headslapper:Amistakeofobviousorshockingstupidity,promptinganexpressionofastonishmentandexasperationperformedbystrikingtheforeheadwithapalm,oftenproducingaloudslappingsound. Eye-rolling:Apassive-aggressiveformofrejection. Inpopularculture[edit] Perhapsthemostnotoriousexamplecomesfromthesci-fiseriesStarTrek:TheNextGeneration,specificallythe1990episode“DejaQ”.AnimageofJean-LucPicard,playedbyPatrickStewart,expressingfrustrationusingthisgesturehasbecomeafamousinternetmeme.[16] InSouthPark:TheStickofTruth,thisgestureisusedtodenotethecensorshipofmaterial,whilealsoridiculingcountries'overlystringentcensorshiplaws.[17] In2019,theTexasSandFestartisticcompetitionawardedDamonLangloisfirstplaceforhisillusionisticworkLibertyCrumbling:"crackingatitsfoundation...withhishandtohisface,[Abraham]Lincolnappearsexasperatedashesitsonhiscrumblingplatform."[18] Seealso[edit] Cyberculture “D'oh!” EdgarKennedy,20thcenturyAmericanfilmcomedianwhose“slowburn”incorporatedafacepalm ListofInternetphenomena Viralphenomenon References[edit] ^Twenty-first-centuryPerspectivesonNineteenth-centuryArt:EssaysinHonorofGabrielP.Weisbergp246AssociatedUniversityPresse,2008 ^Maxwell,Kerry(4Jul2011)."facepalm".BuzzWord.MacmillanPublishers.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^abTaylor,KimberlyHayes(9Aug2011)."Stressedbrokerscan'tkeeptheirhandsofftheirfaces.Why?".TheBodyOdd.MSNBC.Archivedfromtheoriginalon12September2014.Retrieved12Sep2014. ^"How'Facepalm'BecameaWord".www.merriam-webster.com.Retrieved2020-07-26. ^Kamer,Foster(5Aug2011)."WallStreet'sFacepalmFriday:World'sFrontPagesInevitablyFeatureFinance'sGreatFacesofAgony".TheNewYorkObserver.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^Vaux,Rob(30Jun2011)."BiggestTransformersFacePalmMoments".Mania.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2011-09-02.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^Paczkowski,John(21Nov2011)."DoubleFacePalm:HPBlewBillionsonwebOS".AllThingsDigital.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^Rawlinson,Linnie(28Apr2010)."'Bigotgate'goesviralasUKPMsays*facepalm*".UKElectionBlog.CNN.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2012-01-21.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^Evans,Jon(30Jul2011)."Technology+Politics=Facepalm".TechCrunch.Retrieved22Nov2011. ^Malik,Shiv(23Nov2011)."Lexicographerscram'squeezedmiddle'intowordoftheyearslot".TheGuardian.Retrieved28Nov2011. ^"Facepalm".OxfordEnglishDictionary,n.d.http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/facepalm ^Laidre,M.E.(2011).Brosnan,SarahFrances(ed.)."MeaningfulGestureinMonkeys?InvestigatingwhetherMandrillsCreateSocialCulture".PLOSONE.6(2):e14610.Bibcode:2011PLoSO...614610L.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014610.PMC 3032724.PMID 21311591. ^"FacePalmEmoji".Emojipedia.Retrieved2016-04-20. ^"EmojiCandidates".TUS9.0.unicode.org.2015.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2016-04-28.Retrieved2016-04-26. ^"Headdesk".TelevisionTropes&Idioms.AccessedJanuary27,2014. ^TomChatfield(28March2013).Netymology:FromAppstoZombies:ALinguisticCelebrationoftheDigitalWorld.QuercusPublishing.p. 58.ISBN 978-1-78087-994-9.Retrieved1September2013. ^Rosenberg,Adam(3March2014)."SouthPark:TheStickofTruthCensorshipFeaturesEpochalFacepalm".DigitalTrends.Retrieved19March2014. ^Sierzputowski,Kate(17May2019)."AnAward-WinningSandSculpturebyDamonLangloisCapturesaCrumblingAbrahamLincoln".Colossal.Retrieved21January2021. 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