{"id":709,"date":"2014-10-23T15:32:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/?p=709"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T15:42:16","slug":"body-language-of-jaw-drop-or-jaw-droop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/body-language-of-jaw-drop-or-jaw-droop\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Language of Jaw Drop or Jaw Droop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Body Language of Jaw Drop or Jaw Droop<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/No-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1286\" alt=\"No pic\" src=\"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/No-pic.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/No-pic.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/No-pic-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Cue<\/strong>: Jaw Drop or Jaw Droop<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synonym(s)<\/strong>: Dropping The Jaw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>: A facial expression where the mouth or jaw seems to unhinge and drop down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In One Sentence<\/strong>: The jaw drop indicates shock or awe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Use it<\/strong>: Drop the jaw when you want to show others that you are surprised by what you have heard or seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: General.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal Translation<\/strong>: \u201cMy jaw is dropping because I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing &#8211; oh my god!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Variant<\/strong>: See the <a href=\"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/body-language-of-surprised-facial-expression\/\" target=\"_blank\">Surprised Facial Expression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cue In Action<\/strong>: The two sisters were calling each other bad names back and forth when out of nowhere one of the girls dropped the f-bomb cuss. Her mom had been passively listening until then, but when the nasty word came out, she dropped her jaw in shock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meaning and\/or Motivation<\/strong>: It signifies surprise, uncertainty or puzzlement.<\/p>\n<p>To visualize the expression imagine a child lost in a crowd or a person entering an unfamiliar and threatening setting such as a dark alley \u2013 their jaws drop and a worried expression comes across their face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cue Cluster<\/strong>: The eyes often pop out or flash along with the eyes and the head sometimes drops slack forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Body Language Category<\/strong>: Confused, Microexpressions, Surprised body language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Body Language of Jaw Drop or Jaw Droop Cue: Jaw Drop or Jaw Droop Synonym(s): Dropping The Jaw. Description: A facial expression where the mouth or jaw seems to unhinge and drop down. In One Sentence: The jaw drop indicates&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/body-language-of-jaw-drop-or-jaw-droop\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,145,45,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-photo","category-confused","category-microexpression","category-surprised-body-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodylanguageproject.com\/nonverbal-dictionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}