smize

English

Etymology

Blend of smile +‎ eyes. Coined by Tyra Banks.

Pronunciation

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Verb

smize (third-person singular simple present smizes, present participle smizing, simple past and past participle smized)

1. (slang) To smile with one's eyes.
   • 2010, Timothy McGivney, Zombielicious, MLR Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     Through a ceiling to floor mirror that covers an entire wall, I “smize” at my stunning reflection, having easily mastered the come-fuck-me look that's going to sell me millions of CDs.

   • 2014, Kelly Brook, Close Up: The Autobiography‎^[1], Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN:

     I remember once turning up and it was for a catalogue. Often catalogues were fine – you'd put on some lingerie and a couple of baby-dolls and that would be that. But sometimes they'd have a sex-toy section and the last thing I wanted was to be smizing sexily while holding a pair of fur-lined handcuffs.

   • 2015, Alexandra Petri, A Field Guide to Awkward Silences‎^[2], New American Library, →ISBN:

     Whenever I tried to “smize,” model-style, people asked if I'd been possessed by an ancient and evil spirit.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:smize.

Anagrams

• Mizes, zemis