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Giving face 

Face: The term face idiomatically refers to one's own sense of dignity or prestige in social contexts. In the English-speaking world, the expression "To save face" describes the lengths that an individual may go to in order to preserve their established position in society, taking action to ensure that one is not thought badly of by their peers. It is a fundamental concept in the fields of sociology, sociolinguistics, semantics, politeness theory, psychology, political science, communication, and face negotiation theory, and translates at least somewhat equivalently into many world languages, both Germanic and otherwise.
Giving face: complimenting another which allows for their increase in social standing.

Taking face: bringing another person down in social standing by criticism.

Saving face: attempting to avoid embarrassment.
Giving face by MrCush3 June 6, 2016
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GIVING FACE 

THIS MEANS GIVING AN ATTITUDE ON A HIGH LEVEL WITH OUT SPEAKING
WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM, "HE WAS GIVING FACE" FROM HEAD TO TOE
GIVING FACE by JEICEY October 27, 2009

giving face 

A term to describe when a man gives oral pleasure to a woman.
John gave face to Shannon right after she gave him a beege.
giving face by Dan November 10, 2002

Giving face 

Giving face mean one has ensured their face is flawlessly beautiful and photogenic.
Miss Kitty walked the runway in a questionable outfit but she was giving face the whole way.
Giving face by SucioAmor May 13, 2022

Giving me Face 

When someone looks at you with a bad or snotty expression.
Giving me Face by Funny Para February 17, 2017
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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