Yesterday, while attending a Dior fashion show, Jennifer Lawrence gave Emma Watson a good-natured face-shove for the cameras, once again proving to the world that she is both the down-est girl and the coolest guy you could ever hope to hang out with. But we've got to give the Mirror, England's newspaper of record, a red card for calling J.Law's act a "facepalm." That's bloody wrong. A facepalm is a very specific thing that involves a person placing his or her own palm against his or her own face so as to demonstrate embarrassment (at having screwed something up) or frustration (at someone else having screwed up, royally). One cannot simply facepalm another person. For those still confused, here are a few proper examples of facepalms:
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff this year during a meeting to discuss climate change.
Photo: Andre Dusek/AP Images
A Brazilian soccer fan demonstrating flawless facepalm technique during a recent game
against Germany.
Photo: Frank Augstein/AP Images
Frustration levels are clearly reaching maximum capacity as this Brazilian soccer fan goes for an over-the-shirt double-palm. A very high degree of difficulty.
Photo: Frank Augstein/Getty Images
The rare Ney-Palm, wherein one uses a mask of Brazilian soccer star Neymar in place of one's own hand.
Photo: Andre Penner/AP Images
Street Fighter character Blanka, facepalming.
Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
The official logo for the 2014 World Cup, held this year in Brazil.
