Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pizza face

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: piz-za- -face
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person whose face has blemishes, acne, welts, bruises, colored splotches, etc.

Derogatory; Slang

noun

The face of such a person.

Derogatory; Slang

noun

Alternative letter-case form of pizza face.

Example Sentences

"Later, when he mouths off to a Broodwarrior (Hey, pizza face, looking for something?), he's brave."
"After 12 rounds he will be a pizza face—then I will knock him out."
"“You dated Dee?” “Mm.” “Briefly, yeah.” “We dated hard, yep?” “Both you girls dumped him because of his pizza face.” “Ooh, okay.”"
"The kid couldn't walk into a room without slamming into something, after which his pimply pizza face turned tomato red."

Etymology

From pizza + face. First use appears c. 1964 in the Delaware County Daily Times.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pizza faces (plural) pizza-face (alternative)

Questions

What does pizza face mean?: A person whose face has blemishes, acne, welts, bruises, colored splotches, etc.
Where does pizza face come from?: From pizza + face. First use appears c. 1964 in the Delaware County Daily Times.

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