different between brekekekex vs headdesk

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.

Interjection

brekekekex

1. (nonce word) Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.
   • 1871, John Stuart Blackie, The Musical Frogs:

     Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs!

     How sweet ye sing! would God that I

     Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie,

     And sun myself to-day

     With you! No curtained bride, I ween,

     Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen,

     Nor tiny fay on emerald green,

     Nor silken lady gray,

     Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

   • 1898, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross (lyrics), “A Frog he lived in a Pond”, in A Greek Slave:

     Iris:

     He warbled a plaintive rondo —

     Of brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

     Iris:

     The other frogs thought it splendid,

     Most splendid —

     Chorus:

     Most splendid!

     Iris:

     Applauding him when he ended

     With brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

Verb

brekekekex (third-person singular simple present brekekekexes, present participle brekekekexing, simple past and past participle brekekekexed)

1. To make a brekekekex sound; to ribbit.

English

Etymology

head +? desk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d.d?sk/

Interjection

headdesk

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.
   • 2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.

   • 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic (2008), ?ISBN, page 154:

     Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*

   • 2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking (2010), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?

Translations

Verb

headdesk (third-person singular simple present headdesks, present participle headdesking, simple past and past participle headdesked)

1. (slang) To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation.
   • 2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet, St. Martin's Griffin (2011), ?ISBN, page 145:

     In no time at all you'll be headdesking just like a dog trainer, wailing at people's misinterpretations of their dogs.

   • 2014, Leigh Butler, Re-Reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Tor (2014), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The only reason I am not actually headdesking at him right now is because I have apparently devoted a disproportionate amount of migraine space to him already, and I wouldn't want to have my indignation at fictional characters distributed unfairly, quelle horreur!

   • 2015, Leah Raeder, Cam Girl, Atria (2015), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     She made them tell her everything, then had Ellis re-explain in layman's terms while I sat there mentally headdesking.

Translations

See also

• headbang