Was the gasp of surprise over Jason Kenny's resignation after getting only 51% of the votes on the leadership review? They've dumped leaders for far higher percentage numbers. Or could the gasp of surprise be yours as as you looked at the cost of gas after "filling" up your vehicle for the long weekend?
Where would we find gasps of surprise? Not very many places. It seems to me too calm a response to things these days? We are used to profanity, screams, and generally noisy responses.
But there is a well known meme in this "gasp of surprise" category. Jojo Whispering To Surprised Emma Roberts, sometimes referred to as Girls Gossiping. Here's more about it:
It is part of a series from Reaction Images. It is called a reaction image macro series based on a screenshot from the 2006 teen fantasy film Aquamarine. In the image, the singer Jojo whispers in the ear of actress Emma Roberts, who is looking off to the side with her mouth agape with delight.
Emma is supposed to be issuing the gasp of surprise.
Over the next decade, people used the image to mimic the feeling of being gossiped about. Roberts and Jojo, in the picture, were captioned with various subjects, usually with a variation on the phrase "I heard that…"
The best-known version is below and it has a strange existential quality to it. An existential clause is a clause that refers to the existence or presence of something, such as "There is a God." Wouldn't it be "there is a god" if it is existential? This is analogous to the expression "There exist(s)..." | 
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