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resting bitch face

resting bitch face

9.9
A calm face that looks unfriendly or annoyed without meaning to
  • noun
  • Offensive
translation icon : cara de perra
  • Her resting bitch face makes her appear unfriendly even when she's in a good mood.

He's caught, as you've seen, like a real, I mean, resting bitch face, what the kids are calling it.

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Examples

  • You know, I have, like, a complete resting bitch face.

  • He's caught, as you've seen, like a real, I mean, resting bitch face, what the kids are calling it.

  • Raise your hand if you have a problem with resting bitch face, raise your hand, Peter.

  • Like every morning I post like a resting bitch face morning gem photo and I say like back squats and sad songs.

  • I feel like you have an RBF with RBF a resting bitch face and you don't even realize it like this.

  • People often mistake my resting bitch face for annoyance, but I'm really just deep in thought.

  • He jokingly said that his resting bitch face gets him fewer conversations at parties.

Synonyms

scowl
vsresting bitch face
15 3.9

An angry look that shows you do not like something

is a neutral expression often misread as annoyance rather than real anger
disapproving frown
vsresting bitch face
4.0

A look with eyebrows pulled together and lips pressed to show disapproval

is an unintentional neutral look that others mistake for displeasure

Antonyms

1.0

A facial expression with the mouth corners turned up to show happiness or friendliness

How Unfriendly

stern look
2 3.1
resting bitch face
  • Offensive
9.9
look
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

rest + bitch + face

The parts 'resting' + 'face' transparently suggest a neutral facial expression, and knowing 'bitch' as a derogatory label lets a learner infer a negative evaluation (a face that looks unfriendly). However, the expression is slang, culturally specific, and carries pragmatic/connotative nuance (unintentional perceived hostility) that is not fully predictable from the words alone, so some prior exposure or register knowledge is needed.

Etymology

Resting bitch face comes from the simple image of a person's face when it is resting — calm but sometimes seen as a bitch face, meaning 'unfriendly' or 'annoyed'. So, it now means a neutral look that people mistake for being 'angry' or 'upset'.