Someone who (if nature had their way) would look ugly. But, as a result of using various methods (cosmetics, diet etc) they manage to achieve an average or above on a scale of attractiveness.

Way to Spot a Polished Turd:
1. Give the person a score out of 10 for attractiveness.
2. Then, work out their beauty product score by looking in their medicine cabinet and counting how many beauty products they have, divide that number by 3 (rounding to the closest whole number).
3. Take their beauty product score away from their score out of 10 for attractiveness.
If the person scores below 5, they are officially a polished turd.

Example of a Polished Turd:
Tori Spelling when she starred in, the 2003 made-for-TV film, 'A Christmas Carol' and looked relatively OK.
Joe: Look at, the twins, Kate and Fiona.
Kyle: Apparently, they are identical. Which is funny since Fiona's hot and Kate isn't.
Joe: Yeah, Fiona's always applying make-up and bursting spots. Looking at Kate, who's not bothered by how she looks, goes to show Fiona is a big polished turd.
by 19CharacterUsername June 28, 2009
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A old, beat down, overall crappy truck, modified with big rims and lifts to look cool despite to overall lackluster look of the rest of the vehicle, most commonly drive by highschool students in the south.
Evans 04’ Silverado is a real nice Polished Turd
by BubbaGumppy February 23, 2021
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A girl you take out on a date who is normally very ugly, but when she dresses up and wears make-up she looks OK at best.
I went on a movie date with a polished turd last Friday.
by Butler Butt Clogger October 18, 2011
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When a girl is a 6/10 but hangs around with 4/10’s to give herself the illusion of being an 8/10
Bro! Look over there, that girl is so hot!

Nah bro, separate her from her group of friends and you’ll see it’s a classic case of polished turd syndrome.
by Craiganator1992 July 23, 2021
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A movie in which the audience is oblivious to horrid writing because of how it looks graphically.
Bro 1: yo this movie is so good!!

Bro 2: nigga that movie was straight ass that shit was a polished turd the only thing good were the visuals
by FurryHunter69 April 29, 2023
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