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lip-zipping
verb
/lip-zip-ing/
Definition
A flat, emotionless stretching of the mouth deployed universally by British people to acknowledge an awkward, accidental visual connection.
In use
“We locked eyes on the escalator and I immediately resorted to lip-zipping.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /lip-zip-ing/
Classification
- Life domain
- People & society
History
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