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Glasgow smile
noun
the wound and scar that result from deliberately slashing a face from mouth to ears UK
Named for the damage done, which resembles a smile. See also CHELSEA SMILE; CHELSEA GRIN.- A variation is the “Glasgow smile” in which your grin is subtly enlarged with a Stanley Knife. — The Independent, 24 April 1995
- This from the man whose country invented the high culture of the Glasgow Smile. How can anyone compete? — alt.writing, 18 June 2001
- We’re seeing at least one so-called “Glasgow smile” a week–that’s where the mouth is slashed right round to the ear. — The Express, 27 October 2008
- I didn’t want to end up being one of his boys, wearing a Glasgow smile if I said the wrong thing one day. — Cathi Unsworth, Bad Penny Blues, p. 394, 2009
- Drug dealers here use the Glasgow smile as retribution. They slash with a Stanley knife from the corner of mouth to ear. — The Sun, 15 October 2009
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