permasmile

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noun

A permanent smile.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounpermasmile (plural permasmiles)

plural permasmiles · alternative perma-smile

  1. informalA permanent smile.
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    The strange thing is that the family already seems intact: Karen is clearly still in love with Hank—either that or she has had her face surgically altered into a permasmile. Whenever he shows up, and despite the fact that he says rude things to her fiancé, Karen gives him adoring looks and laughs at his jokes (which are funny), as if he and she were still courting.

    2007 August 27, Nancy Franklin, “Screwed Up: “Californication” and “Tell Me You Love Me.””, in The New Yorker

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“permasmile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permasmile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permasmile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permasmile.

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