Slang dictionary
face
[feys]
What does听蹿补肠别听mean?
As a slang term,听face has many senses. It can be a shortened form of the common retort,听in your face!听It can also refer to oral sex, or consuming something (like food or weed) quickly. In drag culture, serving听辞谤听giving 蹿补肠别听is slang for delivering a powerful, fierce look.
Where does face come from?
We’re all familiar with听face.听In part because we all have one.听The word dates to the 1300s, and it has many senses, from a person’s听face听to the face of a building to facing听(“confronting”) an adversary.
Face also figures into many idioms, like听face-to-face,听which is when you meet someone “in person” and dates back to the 1800s, or听to save face, or “avoid humiliation,” based on a Chinese expression.
It’s not surprising, then, that face has many slang senses. Since the 1920鈥�30s, face has been variously used in slang dealing with makeup and oral sex. Since at least the late 1980s,听face! has been short for the dismissive exclamation in your face!, issued after a comeback or sick burn.
Since at least the early 2000s,听face has been a slang verb for inhaling something quickly or greedily, such as food, alcohol, or drugs, e.g.,听He faced that burrito.
In the drag community, to serve or give 蹿补肠别听is to a deliver a confident, powerful look during a performance, especially one with a lot of swagger, and with makeup done just right. This expression was popularized in part by the reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race (first airing in 2009) and appears to originate in LGBTQ ballroom drag culture, as documented by the 1990 film,听Paris is Burning.
fun fact: i used to give FACE with my lazy eye okay ?
no one could tell me anything about my 鈥渇law鈥� because i LOVED it !! people used to try to bully me because of it and it never worked . i wouldn鈥檛 change anything about me. and i mean that.— Jarah of Sutphin, 1st of her name. (@Jarahhhh)
Examples of face
Who uses face?
The way face is used in slang varies widely depending on context. If you’re dunking on someone鈥攍iterally or metaphorically鈥攜ou might taunt them with face! or听in your face!
When you lose : "it's a stupid game"
When you win : "in your face, loser'"— Relationships 馃 (@ohteenquotes)
. sounded like a wild hater during the press conference… "it was a bad shot." nah bruh… you got faced.
— frosty II (@snowmanrio)
When you’re boasting about your appetite for food, (or, in the below example, a blunt)听蹿补肠别听is all about quick, ravenous consumption.
When u faced a blunt before the exam n trying to figure out what鈥檚 going on
— Luface baby (@Luther_Bandross)
Giving face, in the bedroom, may refer to cunnilingus…
…while giving face in a picture or performance is all about a composed, assertive, or beautiful appearance.
Seattle gives good face, even after a rainy day.
— Jen (@jlrpuck)
And, of course, when someone听serves face,听they’re posing for the audience or camera in dramatic, confident fashion, 谩 la Blue Steel.
So I copped the IPhone XMax cos Im a bad boujee bitch but this facial recognition is something else lol. Every time I want to get into my phone I have to serve face.
— Tayi Tibble (@paniaofthekeef)
Note
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