frowny-face journalism

Frowny-face journalism is a subset of the more general human interest story, which takes some boring, abstract, impersonal policy change or social problem, uses a large photo to illustrate the sadness of the story (e.g.crying children whose playcentre is closing or an old couple who are being forced out of their subsidised housing). As a consequence, readers automatically know what to think about the story - generally 'awwwww'. This is bad enough in itself, but there is an added danger: that of taking the analogy between the sad individual and the social issue too far.
Reading such stories is a common cause of news-rage

Example of a frowny-face journalism piece from the New Zealand Herald "Bruce Burgess, 60 years old and a qualified engineer, has been busy his entire adult life. Aside from a couple of years overseas in the early 1970s, he has worked, paid his taxes and saved his money.
His wife Jo has held down regular work as an office administrator and accounts person. Neither of them smoke, they don't take extravagant holidays, and drink only occasionally."
It makes you go "awwww"

by Springbok28 July 23, 2009

Gun Face

A lot of scary looking people have what is known as "Gun Face." It's when you feel confident in saying that a person owns a gun and has brandished it or has a gun on their person purely from the appearance of their face. Their expression is unsettling- a mix of insanity,glee and contemplation, as if they're wondering if they've got enough old carpet left to roll their next victim up in.

Vin Diesel (if that IS his real name) has Gun Face.

I don't want to go to the post office. The guy behind the counter has Gun Face, and is probably going to snap any day now!

by MagickDio January 9, 2011

interactive face

the effect when one abuses a friends face physically getting the friend to respond with an equally funny physical response

Friend 1 - "hey I hear she has an interactive face!!?"
Friend 2 - "yeah it's great, if you touch her forehead she hits herself!!!"
friend 1 - "NOOOOO WAYYYYY!!!"
friend 2 - "watch"

** friend 2 taps girl on the forehead. She preceeds to slap herself in the face, falling off the bar stool**

Friend 2 - "see, told you - interactive FACE!!"

by The ninja penguin of doom June 15, 2011

Drummer Face

The face a drummer makes, often due to intense concentration. Typically, each drummer has a unique "drummer face" and they can be identified by said face. Oftentimes, the drummer does not even realizing they are making a face.

Jon: "Hey man, did you see that face Sammy was making when he play that Krupa beat?"
Tim: "bro, you ain't seen nothing til you see Hayden's drummer face. Guy looks ready to shred up a gorilla."
Jon: "damn! I gotta see that!"

by Swaggity McSwaggerpants February 23, 2015

tumblr face

A self-absorbed attempt to desperately redesign a character - generally through the face - and whore the result out for attention, comfort of one's inadequacies, and/or faux-progressive ideals on tumblr.

Signs may include rounded features, excess fat, gigantic and reddened noses, sexual ambiguities, problem glasses, hipster clothing, vague ethnicity, plain ("realistic") features, and otherwise corrupting the intent of the original creator.

"Holy shit, Sailor Moon was never this fat or ugly. What a terrible tumblr face."

by ohlooktumblragain July 3, 2016

Active Bitch Face

Being cognitively aware of your resting bitch face and choosing to maintain it anyway. antonyms: resting bitch face "RBF"

Did you just give me an active bitch face?

by Mabe123456789 November 29, 2015

let's face it

Something you say before you state something unpleasant but true.

"Let's face it, she will never like a guy like you!"

by C R A P P U C C I N O October 2, 2017