po-facen.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊˌfeɪs/,

/ˌpəʊˈfeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: po-faced adj.

Etymology: Back-formation < po-faced adj.

colloquial (chiefly British).

A face that is expressionless, impassive, humourless, or disapproving; a poker face. Also: a person having such a face.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > without expression or expressionless

muffin face1777

mask1795

muffin countenance1823

poker face1874

dead-pan1933

po-face1965

1965 S. Raven Friends in Low Places vi. 129 In the hall was a galumphing lass with a lot of jerseys and a po face.

1988 Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. After all the deadly serious ‘style’ of the Eighties, clothes that can crack a po-face into a smile make a welcome change.

1991 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 17 Dec. Can you imagine us calling po-faces such as Stalin or Khrushchev or Brezhnev by some affectionate diminutive?

1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) iv. 46 You and your bloody po-face. Look, let's teach you how to smile.

2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 Dec. 14 All those curmudgeons, niggards, churls, pedants, spoilsports, pofaces and pie-faces who would pour cold water on the Christmas festival on the grounds that it isn't ‘multi- cultural’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	po-face
释义	po-facen. Brit. /ˈpəʊˌfeɪs/, /ˌpəʊˈfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: po-faced adj. Etymology: Back-formation < po-faced adj. colloquial (chiefly British). A face that is expressionless, impassive, humourless, or disapproving; a poker face. Also: a person having such a face. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > without expression or expressionless muffin face1777 mask1795 muffin countenance1823 poker face1874 dead-pan1933 po-face1965 1965 S. Raven Friends in Low Places vi. 129 In the hall was a galumphing lass with a lot of jerseys and a po face. 1988 Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. After all the deadly serious ‘style’ of the Eighties, clothes that can crack a po-face into a smile make a welcome change. 1991 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 17 Dec. Can you imagine us calling po-faces such as Stalin or Khrushchev or Brezhnev by some affectionate diminutive? 1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) iv. 46 You and your bloody po-face. Look, let's teach you how to smile. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 Dec. 14 All those curmudgeons, niggards, churls, pedants, spoilsports, pofaces and pie-faces who would pour cold water on the Christmas festival on the grounds that it isn't ‘multi- cultural’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1965
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