Special One Book/One Community Event. Free presentation by Don Thomas, Space Shuttle Astronaut, on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 PM at Kent State University Trumbull, campus auditorium (4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren).
A facepalm (sometimes also face-palm or face palm) is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face or lowering one's face into one's hand or hands, 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.
Although Lin Yutang claimed Face cannot be translated or defined, compare these definitions: The term face may be defined as the positive social value a person effectively claims for himself by the line others assume he has taken during a particular contact. Face is an image of self, delineated in terms of approved social attributes.