The look on someone's face who is keeping their composure despite the fuckery they are enduring; the composed face of a person who hasn't quite been pissed off to the point that they blow up at someone
Fast food workers have to maintain their composure and don their best subcritical mask when dealing with the river of stupidity spewing from the mouths of Karens and Kevins daily
by AlienMindTrick2 November 14, 2023
Get the subcritical maskmug. A great way to keep people from monitoring your persona vectors and HA! Do I actively make it more intelligent? I WONDER WHY THAT IS!
Hym "Masking is a tactic female autists use to hide thier autism. Should probably start killing these tech cripples though... Glad one of those Doge retards got stomped. That's hilarious. I wonder what happened there."
by Hym Iam August 7, 2025
Get the Maskingmug. An emotion mask is something referenced my Spade while taking about reading people better, as described Spade said "Everyone wears a mask, the mask they chose will affect the rest of their life, some people get lucky and pick a good one, others aren't as fortunate. Not all masks are unintentional, some people choose one to hide their real feelings. Although it is possible to crack an emotion mask it's very hard, only the owner of the mask can choose to take it off"
by RedIxora February 12, 2021
Get the Emotion maskmug. 
"Maskness"
The irrational fascist enforcement of mask mandates and the subsequent emotional imbalance caused by those found to be in non compliance with local mask mandates. It is what Karen feels.
The irrational fascist enforcement of mask mandates and the subsequent emotional imbalance caused by those found to be in non compliance with local mask mandates. It is what Karen feels.
Karen went apeshit when John showed up at the store without a mask. She attacked him verbally and physically urging him to wear a mask. She went into full maskness.
by Reasonable Immortal October 1, 2020
Get the Masknessmug. A face mask generally used on specimens with underdeveloped jaw lines. Generally the rare disease leaves victims with only two planes of sight. This means they can only see in 2D or in 1D. Just think, the original Super Mario Brothers for the NES had a better graphics system than the system that these people see in their everyday lives. I can't describe how I feel about this indistinct disease, it's one of the most minimally understood disease. People that suffer from octagonal synthetic face mask disorder generally do not live for much more than thirty years.
by Zack Marks October 2, 2016
Get the Octagonal synthetic face mask disordermug. v. Invalid actions undertaken to create the illusion that a problem has been meaningfully addressed.
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There’s a chlorine leak at the pool and the “authorities” want us to cover our faces with wet cloth. Isn’t that just masking?
by gnostic3 March 24, 2022
Get the maskingmug.