iPhone face

noun

A face that is inappropriate for a period drama.

Meanings

nouniPhone face (plural iPhone faces)

plural iPhone faces

  1. InternetneologismA face that is inappropriate for a period drama.

    “It’s so hard with teens, because you want them to feel contemporary enough that they feel like real people,” Kazan says. “But I was like, I really don’t want them to have ‘iPhone face.’ I really want them to feel like they belong to the 19-teens.”

    2026 August 18, Hillary Busis, “East of Eden: Zoe Kazan on How She Made Steinbeck’s Masterpiece Her Own”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
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APA

iPhone face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPhone%20face

MLA

“iPhone face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPhone%20face. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iPhone face,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPhone%20face.

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