smize
English
Etymology
Blend of smile + eyes. Coined by Tyra Banks.[1]
Verb
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- (slang) To smile with one's eyes.
- 2010, Timothy McGivney, Zombielicious, MLR Press (2010), →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, Sidgwick & Jackson (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- 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, New American Library (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- 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.
- 2010, Timothy McGivney, Zombielicious, MLR Press (2010), →ISBN, page 5: