permasmile

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See also: perma-smile

English

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Etymology

From perma- +‎ smile.

Noun

permasmile (plural permasmiles)

  1. (informal) A permanent smile.
    • 2007 August 27, Nancy Franklin, “Screwed Up: “Californication” and “Tell Me You Love Me.””, in The New Yorker:
      The strange thing is that the family already seems intact: Karen is clearly still in love with Hank—either that or she has had her face surgically altered into a permasmile. Whenever he shows up, and despite the fact that he says rude things to her fiancé, Karen gives him adoring looks and laughs at his jokes (which are funny), as if he and she were still courting.