Meanings
pizza face1
plural pizza faces · alternative pizza-face · alternative Pizza Face
- derogatoryslangA person whose face has blemishes, acne, welts, bruises, colored splotches, etc.
After 12 rounds he will be a pizza face—then I will knock him out.
2009 Apr. 20, "Haye taunts 'Bitchko' as heavyweight clash looms, Bangkok Post (retrieved 2 June 2011)1 more example
Later, when he mouths off to a Broodwarrior (Hey, pizza face, looking for something?), he's brave.
1998 January 16, Anita Gates, “Film Review: Wimp to Superwimp”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Jun 2011 - derogatoryslangThe face of such a person.
The kid couldn't walk into a room without slamming into something, after which his pimply pizza face turned tomato red.
1997, Avi, What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?, published 2004, →ISBN, page 1521 more example
“You dated Dee?” “Mm.” “Briefly, yeah.” “We dated hard, yep?” “Both you girls dumped him because of his pizza face.” “Ooh, okay.”
2009 October 15, Glenn Howerton & Charlie Day, “The Waitress Is Getting Married” (12:50 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 5, episode 5, spoken by Artemis Dubois (Artemis Pebdani)
Pizza Face2
Origin
From pizza + face. First use appears c. 1964 in the Delaware County Daily Times.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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