Headdesk

//ˈhɛd.dɛsk// intj, verb, slang

intj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation. slang

    "Hopefully this will save someone else some head-desking; I'll see about writing up a patch for the docs describing this (unless I discover that I've been blind and this is, indeed, documented somewhere). :-D"

Intj
  1. 1
    Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.

    "*thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*[1] ... [1] head/desk interface sounds"

Example

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"*thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*[1] ... [1] head/desk interface sounds"

Etymology

From head + desk.

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