permafrown

noun

permafrown

noun

US /ˈpɝməfɹaʊn/ · UK /ˈpɜːməfɹaʊn/

Etymology From perma- + frown.

1

Informal A permanent frown.

  • If she doesn't smile with this pick-up line she might be suffering from a case of permafrown.2004, Devon Mack Wild, Pick-Up Lines That Work, →ISBN, page 28:
  • Usually the kid wore a mean permafrown and stared everyone down.2009, Stephen Frey, Forced Out, →ISBN, page 219:
1 more example
  • [T]hat face . . . was so grim, with hollows under the cheekbones and a perma-frown that suggested the guy hadn't slept in seven days.2013, J. R. Ward, Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, →ISBN:
Related terms
resting bitch face

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