2017年7月10日 星期一

facepalm, tweet, tweetstorms

 by Pat Byrnes.

Sir Jimmy's former Radio 2 colleague Ken Bruce tweeted: "So very sad to hear about the death of my old friend Sir Jimmy Young. One of the most able broadcasters I ever worked with."
Time Team presenter and Blackadder actor Tony Robinson said: "So sad. Such memories from my childhood and teens. I loved his versions of The Man From Laramie and Unchained Melody."


Washington Post
There are plenty of asterisks that could be added, including *from a conservative pollster that FiveThirtyEight once called "the worst pollster in the world."
Trump's first poll tweet in two weeks.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM|作者:PHILIP BUMP



" You will have seen me grimacing and trying to hide my despair while Nigel Farage spoke.
I have enjoyed reading the many comments and can confirm that I do indeed appreciate British humour. But as tweets were exchanged I felt it was important to share some more serious thoughts on how I felt in the parliament."


As an EU commissioner I feel for all of the British people: the young…
THEGUARDIAN.COM



The term facepalm (often used on its own in the same manner as an interjection might be) means that the palm of the hand is brought to the face with fingers splayed as if grasping. According to Macmillan Dictionary, the word "facepalm" first appeared around 2006,[2] though another source has an earliest citation of 2001.[4]

捂臉是一種肢體語言。意思是將手掌平放在臉上,用來表示沮喪、失望、尷尬[1]、震驚或用來表示諷刺。[2]

Caïn by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896. Cain is depicted after killing his brother hiding his face in his hand[1]




tweet 

Pronunciation: /twiːt/ 

NOUN

1The chirp of a small or young bird:the gentle tweet of a bird can be heard
2A message, image, etc. posted on Twitter:he started posting tweets via his mobile phone to let his parents know he was safe

VERB

[NO OBJECT]
1Make a chirping noise:the birds were tweeting in the branches
2Post a message, image, etc. on Twitter:she talks about her own life, but she’s just as likely to tweet about budget cuts and Keynesian economics[WITH OBJECT]: she tweeted a picture of them smiling at the camera[WITH CLAUSE]: he tweeted that he would be willing to take a lie detector test[WITH DIRECT SPEECH]: the president tweeted: ‘After you vote, tell your Facebook friends—“I voted.”’
2.1[WITH OBJECT] Communicate with (someone) on Twitter:email us, tweet us, go to our blog, and find us on Facebook


Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative.




facepalm 

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪspɑːm/ 

informal



NOUN

[OFTEN AS EXCLAMATION]
gesture in which the palm of one’s hand is brought to one’s face as an expression of dismayexasperationembarrassment, etc.I’m pretty sure said friend now thinks Anne and I are dating—facepalm!you have to see this one to believe it—it definitely merits the double facepalm

VERB

[NO OBJECT]
Bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of dismayexasperation,embarrassment, etc.did anyone else facepalm during this scene?

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