The duckface..

[Chairman Miaow]

Did you actually read all you quoted? See: what I bolded.

Yes i did read it all, please don't treat me like i'm stupid, but based on the manner in which Lilani wrote it, the operative word in his/her statement was emulate, i was merely pointing out the fact that I suspected that Marilyn Monroe was actually blowing a kiss to the camera not emulating it.

They did say that it was a trend that started with Marilyn.

 

[Denamic]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

What the hell did you guys do to language?
This is weirder than the duckfaces.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

What the hell did you guys do to language?
This is weirder than the duckfaces.

Rydw i'n siarad cymraeg, achos rydw i'n cymraeg.

Heheh, just speaking Welsh, butt

 

[Sexy Devil]

The duck face is a new evolutionary measure. Given that our society has evolved we needed new ways to identify who is not fit for procreating. Thus if someone intentionally takes a duckface photo (whether or not doing it ironically counts is up to user discretion) then they are sending us a message not to breed with them.

Proof: pretty sure I saw a photo of Megan Fox striking the pose earlier in this thread.

 

[Denamic]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

What the hell did you guys do to language?
This is weirder than the duckfaces.

Rydw i'n siarad cymraeg, achos rydw i'n cymraeg.

Heheh, just speaking Welsh, butt

Why are you calling me butt?!
WHAT'S GOING ON?!

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Here's a hint on how to stop your little girl person of choice to stop the duckface:

- take syringe

- inject saline solution into your own lips

- keep duckface on for a couple of hours, before your body rightfully gets rid of it; make sure to drool and look sexy while doing

- profit.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

What the hell did you guys do to language?
This is weirder than the duckfaces.

Rydw i'n siarad cymraeg, achos rydw i'n cymraeg.

Heheh, just speaking Welsh, butt

Why are you calling me butt?!
WHAT'S GOING ON?!

It is a contraction of the word 'butty' or 'buttie' and is used as a synonym of 'mate'.

The OED lists the original specialist use of 'butty' as a mining or engineering middleman between proprietors and workmen. This term was used within coal mining communities in England and Wales.

Wright's Dictionary of English Dialects (early C20) lists it as meaning either a "fellow worker" or an "intimate friend".

It was also used in canal transport to describe a barge being towed by a lead barge. Thus the second barge was known as a 'butty'.

This could explain why in the south Wales coalfields it was initially used in the pits to mean a miner's young helper. It later evolved to mean any workmate and now it applies to any friend.

 

[CommanderL]

Analysis:

Pouting is a fairly basic human expression and the 'duck lips' are it taken to the extreme by the more is better concept (see 'More Dakka').

Spoiler

It does work sometimes.

Spoiler

It's ok if you greyscale the picture, then it's artisitic!

Too right!

Duck face, black and white, and posing.

The only thing he's missing is the lens flare and bathroom

Watch your tongue!

You speak of the late, great, Freddy Mercury.

What?

Yes, m'lord, I will tolerate the unbelievers.



For now.

I'm afraid you misunderstood, Mr Clarion, I speak no ill of Freddy Mercury.

[HEADING=1]Silence![/HEADING]

In order to repent for your sins against Mercury, you will circumnavigate the globe while carrying a bag of drunken ferrets.

So I sayeth, so it shall be done.

I'll heed to your order, but I'll need a few companions to accompany me.

OH! OH! OH! Can I be the comic relief?

Sure if you want, I need 6 people minimum before I begin my journey..

MR holyman can I come to I can be the token evil team mate or the token white guy or the token nerd or the guy that will betray you all

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Analysis:

Pouting is a fairly basic human expression and the 'duck lips' are it taken to the extreme by the more is better concept (see 'More Dakka').

Spoiler

It does work sometimes.

Spoiler

It's ok if you greyscale the picture, then it's artisitic!

Too right!

Duck face, black and white, and posing.

The only thing he's missing is the lens flare and bathroom

Watch your tongue!

You speak of the late, great, Freddy Mercury.

What?

Yes, m'lord, I will tolerate the unbelievers.



For now.

I'm afraid you misunderstood, Mr Clarion, I speak no ill of Freddy Mercury.

[HEADING=1]Silence![/HEADING]

In order to repent for your sins against Mercury, you will circumnavigate the globe while carrying a bag of drunken ferrets.

So I sayeth, so it shall be done.

I'll heed to your order, but I'll need a few companions to accompany me.

OH! OH! OH! Can I be the comic relief?

Sure if you want, I need 6 people minimum before I begin my journey..

MR holyman can I come to I can be the token evil team mate or the token white guy or the token nerd or the guy that will betray you all

Let me get this straight, you are asking to come... to betray us?

 

[HardkorSB]

I don't know where it came from, but why the hell do girls do it?? I mean it looks horrible... :/

This, this is all I see..

In the bathroom, doing that stupid face, with a lens flare and shit.

I mean, are they trying to make the boys all love them or something? I don't understand... :/

Because most women that do this think they look like this:

The "duckface" only works with certain types of lips and even then, it requires practice.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

To go all over-analytical, my guess is that duckface happened in an attempt to imitate the "sexy" pouting look that you see on celebrity women modeling. You know that one, where the person is facing the camera and the lips are slightly parted and look large and overly made-up. Theoretically, big red lips are a sign of lust and sexiness, and the pout is probably supposed to evoke thoughts of contact with said lips, or a come-hither kind of look, or maybe even some sort of faux-innocence, but then you get duckface out of it. (This is also why we have lipstick.)

 

[Joshimodo]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

I figured with it's striking similarity to Lovecraftian language, it might make people think we're cultists!

Compare:

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

to

Mae ein hiaith frodorol yn swnio'n eithaf drwg.


Captcha: Teflon president. Nothing sticks to him!

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Ydw, rydw i'n byw yn Llanelli

Ble rwyt ti'n byw?

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe Well just outside of it lol.

Right butt, let's be having less of that then, isn't it?

Rhaid peidio dychryn y cyhoedd.

Though I had an A in my Welsh GSCE, dydw i ddim yn siarad cymraeg da iawn.

Must not frighten the public?

I figured with it's striking similarity to Lovecraftian language, it might make people think we're cultists!

Compare:

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

to

Mae ein hiaith frodorol yn swnio'n eithaf drwg.


Captcha: Teflon president. Nothing sticks to him!

Rydw i'n cytuno, yn fy marn i, people would be put off I guess.. I mean if we say 'Rydw i'n offi moron, they'd think we are weird.. and not talking about carrots.

 

[CommanderL]

Analysis:

Pouting is a fairly basic human expression and the 'duck lips' are it taken to the extreme by the more is better concept (see 'More Dakka').

Spoiler

It does work sometimes.

Spoiler

It's ok if you greyscale the picture, then it's artisitic!

Too right!

Duck face, black and white, and posing.

The only thing he's missing is the lens flare and bathroom

Watch your tongue!

You speak of the late, great, Freddy Mercury.

What?

Yes, m'lord, I will tolerate the unbelievers.



For now.

I'm afraid you misunderstood, Mr Clarion, I speak no ill of Freddy Mercury.

[HEADING=1]Silence![/HEADING]

In order to repent for your sins against Mercury, you will circumnavigate the globe while carrying a bag of drunken ferrets.

So I sayeth, so it shall be done.

I'll heed to your order, but I'll need a few companions to accompany me.

OH! OH! OH! Can I be the comic relief?

Sure if you want, I need 6 people minimum before I begin my journey..

MR holyman can I come to I can be the token evil team mate or the token white guy or the token nerd or the guy that will betray you all

Let me get this straight, you are asking to come... to betray us?

Um er hey look a distraction -Jumps out window-

 

[Aprilgold]

I also hate pictures like these..

GAH!

SAWAG!

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We should kill it with fire is what I say chaps. What you all think?

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Duckface, it's not just for girls...

Spoiler: But hey, there's hope.

Captcha: in spades.

Fo' sho.

 

[The Thinker]

My 12 year old sister is in Austrailia right now.. oh god..

She always does that weird pose when she holds her finger and thumb in an L shape below their chin...

What the bloody hell is your family thinking keeping her there!??! Get her out of that evil place right now! She's already into the poser stage! The L shape thing is the 'thinker pose', usually done by retarded male twits that want people to look at them and believe that they think deeply on things!

Hello, Ying. I'm afraid you've both summoned me and insulted a thing named after me, so I'm going to have to rend your soul from your flesh now. Nothing personal.

Um er hey look a distraction -Jumps out window-

Don't worry; you can join my team of hired henchmen intent on getting the bag of ferrets for my own nefariously profit-based purposes.

 

[jelock]

I think this sums up your thoughts

 

[CommanderL]

My 12 year old sister is in Austrailia right now.. oh god..

She always does that weird pose when she holds her finger and thumb in an L shape below their chin...

What the bloody hell is your family thinking keeping her there!??! Get her out of that evil place right now! She's already into the poser stage! The L shape thing is the 'thinker pose', usually done by retarded male twits that want people to look at them and believe that they think deeply on things!

Hello, Ying. I'm afraid you've both summoned me and insulted a thing named after me, so I'm going to have to rend your soul from your flesh now. Nothing personal.

Um er hey look a distraction -Jumps out window-

Don't worry; you can join my team of hired henchmen intent on getting the bag of ferrets for my own nefariously profit-based purposes.

Yay i will remain loyal until you let your guard down and I can overthrow you

 

[Edible Avatar]

I'll heed to your order, but I'll need a few companions to accompany me.

Take these, its dangerous to go alone...

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