smize

smize

1. verb, slang To smile with the eyes. Popularized by model Tyra Banks on the TV show America's Next Top Model as an instruction for the models to not smile with their mouths but instead convey a smiling expression with their eyes. Her pictures always look gorgeous—she's great at smizing for the camera.
2. noun, slang A facial expression in which one (typically a model) does not smile with the mouth but instead conveys a smiling expression with their eyes. Her pictures always look gorgeous—she's gives a great smize.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • model (someone or something) in (something)
  • model in
  • in back
  • licence
  • licence to print money
  • a licence to print money
  • be a license to print money
  • more or less
  • the wherewithal for (something)
  • the wherewithal to (do something)
References in periodicals archive
If you choose not to show teeth, smile with your eyes or 'smize' by thinking happy thoughts while you take your selfie.
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Aside from Gray, Banks also noticed Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo-Wurtzbach's smize.
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These tiny twists are bold and beautiful--simply twirl up some swirls and smize.
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There's greater freedom in awareness, such as in how heteronormativity has imposed itself upon what we find attractive, or how we can't just smize and shrug when oppression rears its head upon other marginalized communities.
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In cycle 13, she has coined the term 'smize' that translates to 'smile with your eyes' and is still widely used today!
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Get ready to smize because "America's Next Top Model" is back tonight (Jan.
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Little Ornella may be only 10 months old but her mum reckons she's the next Tyra Banks, even telling her tot to "smize" (smile with your eyes - the model's catchphrase).
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This may be the end of ANTM but whatever comes next, I don't doubt Tyra will still have plenty to smize about.
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Durante toda la temporada, Banks pone enfasis en la expresion facial utilizando un termino que ella acuno, smize, que significa "sonreir con los ojos".
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NEW Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model Sky Living, 9pm A double bill to make us smile with our eyes (or smize as models say).
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And always be ready to smile with your eyes--or "smize"--at the drop of a hat.
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At this point, Meyers showed off York's (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVf1291FRo1/) picture and noted that even at his young age, he already knows how to "smize." The term was coined by Banks herself during her longterm stint in "America's Next Top Model," and it means smiling with your eyes.
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They don't smile, but director Michael Rahhal promises that the Blue Man Group always delivers a fun show, and they can win you with their 'smize.'
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Smize - "Every top model knows how to 'smize', the supermodel technique of smiling with your eyes.
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This is the classic Liverpool nightout selfie and needs no further explanation, neither does the "smize" - the smile with your eyes.
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