portray

To make something sound better than it really is.

He portrayed only the best things in his area. he didnt explain all the nastyness there really is.

by Brittanyx November 1, 2007

portola middle school

a gay mexican school in california, lots of azn's in teh magnet. x_X

Portola middle school's mascott is a mexican. :O

by mrs eason's hr biatch January 31, 2005

funeral portrait

when you have a good photo of yourself taken to be used specifically on your homie's RIP shirts, newspapers, etc.

i'm going to have my funeral portrait taken next to that big orange county sign on the freeway.

by textdrivebys.com September 15, 2009

portrait

a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face

this is a very nice portrait of yourself

by JaMeS BooGLe September 10, 2006

Portola

A small mountainous town in Plumas County which lies in North Eastern California which in known for it's railroad history and is full of hicks. Commonly referred to as "Portoilet" or "Reno's bedroom" do to the large number of residents who work in Reno.

I live in Portola. You live where? Portola California. Where the heck is that?

by Someone born in Portola:-) January 23, 2009

self-portrait

the process by which someone uses their own camera to take a photograph of themselves. often times, an arm is caught in the photo. true self-portrait photogs will be able to master the art of hiding the arm.

We squeezed eight people into that self-portrait!

by Shelley Marie July 28, 2008

portraiture

A non-existent word used by arty-farty americanophile types to describe the action of taking portrait photographs

We specialise in premium portraiture

Q WTF is portraiture?

A Errr...portrait photography

by Fixer January 2, 2008