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When calling someone insult-face, it's not the face part that makes it sound insulting
by qbrass 10y ago
When calling someone insult-face, it's not the face part that makes it sound insulting
- theoh 10y agoWell, I think they're an example of an exocentric compound. Neither the "boat" nor the "face" is insulting, but there's an implication of ugliness. ("boatface" implies "boat-faced scoundrel" or equivalent).