The Germans have a word for it...

[ailsagirl]

Last edited Sun Apr 24, 2016, 12:00 AM - Edit history (1)

Backpfeifengesicht, meaning "a face in need of a good punch."

Got it from here, regarding the face of Ted Cruz.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-fallible-mind/201601/why-ted-cruz-s-facial-expression-makes-me-uneasy

[awoke_in_2003]

1. I ran this by my German coworker

(he has been in the US for about 15 years). He has never heard the word.

[ailsagirl]

2. I came across it reading the article I cited in my original post

I'd never heard it before (and I lived in Germany for a time-- way back when)

Here's another link with more detail:

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/TWIG__WoW/2014/23-Backpfeifengesicht.html

This is one of those strange words that's uniquely German with no English equivalent. The word Backpfeife means "punch/slap" (on the cheek/face) and Gesicht means "face". The word Backpfeifengesicht therefore means something along the lines of "a face that's begging to be slapped" - or punched. Or hurt. You get the picture.

Regardless, it still gave me one helluva laugh!!

[awoke_in_2003]

5. It gave me a laugh, also

But when I used it, he looked at me like I had an eye in my forehead

[elleng]

3. Backpfeifengesicht!!!!!!!!

[jmowreader]

4. "Schwanzlos arschloch" would be better