stank face

plural stank faces

1. derogatoryslangAfrican-American VernacularA facial expression of disgust, contempt, and/or anger.

   I figured that was why Omar had a stank face on.

   2010 April 15, Torrey Maldonado, Secret Saturdays, Penguin Young, →ISBN

2. A facial expression combining enjoyment and disgust, associated with forms of music such as metal, jazz, and funk.

   "Stank face is perhaps just a modern term for a long-documented musical experience which falls somewhere between deep visceral pleasure and a sort of physical engagement, irritation or even repulsion – an ecstatic 'pleasurable pain,'" he says.

   2024 July 4, Phil Weller, “Stank face riffs: what's the science behind it?”, in Guitar World