backpfeifengesicht
English
Etymology
From German Backpfeifengesicht.
Noun
backpfeifengesicht (plural backpfeifengesichts)
- A punchable face, or someone with such a face.
- 2015, Stacy McKitrick, Blind Temptation:
- Perry, you're...you're...you're a Backpfeifengesicht." And she'd like to be the first to hit that face.
- 2017 April 29, “iteresting TV stuff”, in uk.rec.sheds, Usenet:
- Death threats are, of course, dead out of order. But Brewer has a Backpfeifengesicht if anyone does.
- 2019, Sloane Tanen, There's a Word for That:
- It had started years before, when they'd been reading the Daily News on the subway and he'd casually noted that Ted Cruz had a Backpfeifengesicht—a face that needed a fist.
- 2020, Kate Meader, Man Down:
- Looking up—and this required significant neck strain—she met deep blue eyes, a crop of dark blond hair, a full beard, and soft-looking lips. A strikingly handsome and familiar face, and a complete backpfeifengesicht.
- 2020, J. Michael Brower, Brian Miller: Dragon-Stars at War: Book Eight:
- Hey, Maddy, did you arrive okay? These reptilians are sure bringing their own backpfeifengesicht, aren't they?