side-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪdˌaɪ/
Forms: form: side-eyes
form: side eye
Etymology: From side + eye.
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to admit that the opening strains sound a wee bit "demo from a home studio," and that the title itself – paired with any other artist – would probably result in a side eye and a quip about done-to-death, cheese-pop metaphors.
ref: 2009 November 17, Michael Slezak, “Kris Allen: A Track-by-track Analysis of His Self-titled Debut Album”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Entertainment Weekly, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2019:
text: [Billy] Squier's band makes a valiant effort to match his camp quotient, with lots of open shirts, exposed chest hair and sexy side-eyes to the camera.
ref: 2010 January 12, Jennifer Cooke, “Billy Squier As a Revolutionary?”, in PopMatters, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2019:
text: The incredibly different ways [Bill] Clinton and [Monica] Lewinsky are treated even today makes a shockingly sad statement about how, 15 years of discussion of gender equality later – including the insertion of slut-shaming into the national dialogue as something you're not supposed to do – we can't even manage to divide our collective side-eyes evenly between men and women.
ref: 2014 October 24, Jenée Desmond-Harris, “We Still Judge Monica Lewinsky More Harshly than Bill Clinton, and It’s Not Okay”, in Vox, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2019:
text: It was his side eye. He had the sexiest side eye she'd ever seen. He'd tip his head in that George Clooney kind of way and peer at you from beneath those thick lashes.
ref: 2016, Jules Bennett, chapter 1, in His Secret Baby Bombshell (Dynasties: The Newports Series; book 4), Sydney, N.S.W.: Mills & Boon Desire, →ISBN:
text: Side-eye, that sidelong glance favored by shade queens like Mariah Carey [and] devil-may-care rebels like Rihanna, is finally being acknowledged in the canon [the Merriam–Webster Dictionary].
ref: 2017 March 16, Cady Lang, “A Recent History of Notable Celebrity Side-Eye”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2018:
text: I saw some snarking online about Bishop Michael Curry's passionate sermon, and certainly the royal family seemed unnerved by it, with Zara Philips watching it in apparent open-mouthed shock and Kate and Camilla shooting each other some heavy side-eye.
ref: 2018 May 20, Hadley Freeman, “Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2018:
text: "If you look closely at Benjamin's face in that picture, he's got amazing side-eye,” [Anderson] Cooper joked. "He's got this side-eye look, like he's very judgy. In general, I think babies are very judgy, but he's particularly judgy."
ref: 2019 April 11, Jen Juneau, “Anderson Cooper Jokes about Pal Andy Cohen’s ‘Judgy’ Baby Son Benjamin: ‘Amazing Side-Eye’”, in People, New York, N.Y.: Meredith Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2019:
synonyms: evil eye#English:_disapproving look
glosses: A sidelong look, particularly of animosity, judgment, or suspicion.