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Facepalm

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. The gesture is often exaggerated by giving the motion more force and making a slapping noise when the hand comes in contact with the face. The gesture is found in many cultures as a display of…

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In popular culture

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Facepalm

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Facepalm

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related to In popular culture · 26
Facepalm → Abraham, An, Australian, Cain, Damon Langlois, Deja, Each, European Union, Governor, Henri Vidali's, In, In Nikolai Gogol's, Jean-Luc Picard, Liberty Crumbling, Lincoln, North American, Patrick Stewart, Perhaps, South Park, Star Trek
related to Origins · 11
Facepalm → Arrgh, Christie, Google Groups, It, It's, Lee, May, The, Usenet, Well, You
related to Similar gestures · 9
Facepalm → Double, Expressing, Eye-rolling, Head, Internet, On, Similar, SMH, Whereas
related to Internet usage · 8
Facepalm → Another, Facepalm's, Internet, It, Its, Skype, The, These
see also · 5
Facepalm → American, Cyberculture, D'oh, Edgar Kennedy, Internet
is a · 2
Facepalm → facepalm emoji or emoticon that can be found on many websites such as Skype, physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face
related to External links · 1
Facepalm → Know Your Meme

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gesture often face frustration internet used hand disappointment image head many similar also embarrassment word post another use meme comment

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Facepalmis aphysical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face0.90text
Facepalmis afacepalm emoji or emoticon that can be found on many websites such as Skype0.90text
Skypeinstance ofAnother visual use of facepalm is a facepalm emoji or emoticon that can be found on many websites0.80text
Reddit use this image frequentlyinstance ofMany sites0.80text
in many different waysinstance ofMany sites0.80text
often to comment on the perceived quality of a joke.In 2016 the facepalm gesture was included in Unicode 9.0 as .mw-parser-output .monospacedinstance ofMany sites0.80text
Facepalmrelated to External linksKnow Your Meme0.60section
Facepalmrelated to In popular cultureIn Nikolai Gogol's0.60section
Facepalmrelated to In popular cultureThe Government Inspector0.60section
Facepalmrelated to In popular cultureGovernor0.60section
Facepalmrelated to In popular culturePerhaps0.60section
Facepalmrelated to In popular cultureStar Trek0.60section

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