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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

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026