We've all seen it. Go to Facebook or Flickr or anywhere else young women post photos of themselves and there it is, that expression, that heinous, misbegotten expression. Half pout, half grimace, and completely stupid, I suppose it's meant to convey attitude, or moxie, or....something. Whatever it's about, I can't take it anymore. Please ladies, smile or simper or smirk or grin, glower or glare or just mope about if you like, but for the love of God, please put away the duck face.
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cuz nanna is adorable when hes cranky.
-R-
Lezlie
I believe that the actual name for that expression is a "moue" (pronounced MOO).
My personal theory is that that "look" is caused from Lip Gloss poisoning, therefore I have always stuck with Chapstick, just to be safe. It's also why I feel great pity for those poor, misfortune, poisoned women, as should you...
So the next time you get moue'ned just grin and bear it, K?
(I spelled it B.E.A.R. for a reason, perv boy!)
*Hacks up hairball*
R~
Again, thank you all for your support, I'm more moved than words can tell. ~sniffle~
Down with duck face!
And did Amy really say "moue'ned"? Sweet Jesus.
I don't have a full length mirror to see if Duck Face is equally hideous with Lipizanner Victoria's Secret Clompadomp but am going with crazy daughter to Frontier days after a lingerie sale. Amy you rock! Thank you for the okay to moo at folks. Happy days are coming.
Thank you and Idaho thanks you!
(this looks like every teenage girl I know even the one I am related to.)_r
Al, I'm at saturation point. I could post about the Gulf disaster or the war or our terminally fucked system of government or the final triumph of corporatocracy taking place around us in real time, but for now duck face seemed like all I could deal with.
Ma, you outdid even (((({{Cindy Ross}})))))!
I know what you mean. I noticed its fn omnipresence months ago and made the girls swear not to make it.
But still - I HATE IT!
Is that what it is Julie, a kissy face? It's true then, I've become that which I most feared becoming, that old, hopelessly lame dude who stands in his doorway yelling "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!"
you're an anti-puddleduck!
and where do you get off having an opinion on this? your feet arent even webbed!
(are they?)
:)
Jonathan, don't let cultural trends ruin your Thai scallops; the terrorists win if we let that happen.
Effmuppet, Thoth or no Thoth I joined OS to score and score I will. Eventually. I think Gordon Osmond likes me, going off the erotic haikus he PMs me all the time.
Lea, the important thing is not to step in it.
Your blatent call for an end to an entire cultural movement honoring our waterfowl and their habitats is an offense to our community.
Damn you to hell forever, you and your duck face hater friends. We the duck lovers will have our revenge.
Quack quack quack ...
(note, I am not a represenative of Ducks Unlimited...but I do pay my dues every year. A Duck is a terrible thing to waste.)
I bet you've got one fine set of pin feathers! I bet you can waddle your cute little butt off too!
Meoooow... Oops... I mean... Quuu-aaack, baby! *wink, wink*
Again, thank you all for your support on this issue, and please don't forget to sign the anti-duckface petition I've linked to.
I'm just amazed this hasn't been put on the cover yet. I guess the editors will get it up there tomorrow.
Amy (Cruise Ship Reviews)
Step back. With or without a comma (or two), that sentence is just wrong on all sorts of levels.
How did I get so caught up????
I KNEW IT! (and not in a good way!)
*Pictures Nana making duck lips at himself in the mirror, while dressed in his new pastel outfit that he saw in Field & Stream*
Don't mock me Amy; pastel camo is big this year.
I know how to use, commas, just fine, Eff,Muppet.
Sirenita, as I understand it DARPA is even now sifting through Facebook, looking for the deadliest practitioners of duckface. Don't expect to be reading about it in the papers though; we don't want the Chinese getting ahold of this technology.
Ever hear of Peking Duck(face) Mr. Pastel Camo Pants????
Wrong critter Kim; that's a platypus.
Good point Amy. There's no part of any animal that ever walked, swam, or crawled along on a slimetrail that the Chinese can't turn into a delicacy.
I feel that young people today live in a mostly visual world and one of the side effects is a rampant narcissism. That is not to say that there aren't other reasons for it. (The narcissism, that is.) I have noticed that there's an excess of young girls "posing" for pictures. Everybody has to be a model. And sexy. And on and on.
Birdog
Thank you all though for your support and your comments, despite the fact that the editors have seen fit to - yet again - ignore a post of such poignancy and social relevance. They'll be hearing from me, oh yes, mark my words, this travesty shall not stand, I promise you.
And as Safe Bet's Amy said earlier in this thread, the reason I troll Facebook and Flickr is that I'm a prevert. I thought that was obvious.
I think the problem is that it is really a masculine thing to do. So while I support your efforts to stop the ladies, I am going to pimpin' that look myself. Women of Sacramento if you see me approach avert your eyes. This is only fair warning because once you see my duck face there is no telling what your passions will make you do.
Or felch. Steer far from felch.
Should have stuck with farkwak.
It was a gift.
Never mind.
Anthony, since the expression looks bad enough on women, who are inherently sexier than men, using it to score might not be such a good idea. Please let me know how it works out in Sacramento though, with photos if possible.
Ugly is attractive on men, chixdigit, it's the same theory as the Bad Boy Look. You have to present a rough-and-ready appearance, which I believe the duck face provides, in order to attract females of the opposite sex. It's all very complicated and my memories are kind of vague, but when the Chicks Are Back I will post pictures.
Duck-billed platyputi, sort-of relevant.
Distended ovipositors no.
Flagged.
'Course you are a big pu... oh, never mind.
P.S. BTW, you need a spell checker!
Tonya, thanks for visiting my blog!
You raise a good point Ablonde. Down with the abomombinables!
Janie, if that is really you and not someone who's pretending to be you so they can go "pfffft", how did you manage to find time to comment, what with all the oogling of riot police at the G8 you've been doing?
Hey, me too!
That's funny...
It's that sound one makes when you think something is really stupid.
This is text so I can't recreate it for you, but just imagine the noise you make when someone tells you they believe the moon is made of cheese and they'll prove it one day.
This "duckface" crap is tracked back to the Olsen twins, I think the commentators here nailed that one on the head.
Gee, never would have guessed that! Not even after you said "groovy" and "far out!" the other day... :eye roll / duck face:
Im 24 and would NEVER pose with a duck face, some young people are just nuts these days.
Thanks for the laugh.
:(
**runs off in tears cause she did the same thing to him**
He was a rebel without claws!!!!! Lost them in the big war, that's right, Persians vs. Russian Blues!!!
~TEARS~
Always remember, that Tink never ever gets an Editor Pick or a cover, because he did bad stuff to previous Editors' roses and well, you know what they say, never dry hump an editors' rose bushes.....
Boohoohoo!! ;D
Yeah, this should have gotten an EP and cover!! I wrote the newest Editor stating such thing, but she was like, TINK, I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, LEAVE ME ALONE OR I'LL KNIFE YOU IN THE GUT!!!!! TILL YOU DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! And she signed,
Love LaWanna Huggeniss!! What the hell? How many editors do we have? EEK!!!!
You'd think they'd forgive me just enough to give me a chance!!!! :(