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.
A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face . This term alludes to the facial expression of a poker player who is expert at concealing his feelings about his hand. [c. 1880] See also: face, poker.