Botox smile

noun

Synonym of Pan Am smile.

Meanings

nounBotox smile (plural Botox smiles)

plural Botox smiles

  1. Synonym of Pan Am smile.

    you see a "Botox smile.” It's polite and nothing more.

    2017, Maryann Karinch, Jim McCormick, Body Language Sales Secrets
    2 more examples

    She beamed a stiff Botox smile at him, all the initial coyness replaced by professional PR.

    2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks, page 180

    I smile a Botox smile because they think Julia is simply a chatty, precocious child.

    2014, Tina Traster, Melissa Fay Greene, Rescuing Julia Twice, page 181

    Synonyms: Pan Am smile

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Pan Am smile.

Also see

Origin

From the way Botox paralyzes the facial muscles.

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Botox smile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Botox%20smile

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