# Duck Face Duck Face is the mocking nickname for a selfie pose where the subject presses their lips forward into a pursed pout, closely tied to Myspace and Facebook self-portraits from the mid-2000s. The term was pinned down in Urban Dictionary entries from 2006 and by the early 2010s had inspired blogs, BuzzFeed listicles, and dedicated Facebook pages built around mocking the expression. ## Overview Duck Face is the nickname for a selfie pose where the subject presses their lips forward into a puckered shape vaguely resembling a duck's bill[1]. The pose is often paired with a tilted head, heavy eyeliner, and bathroom-mirror framing typical of early social media self-portraits[2]. Also called Myspace Face, the term is almost always used to mock the subject rather than compliment them[1]. Older cultural touchpoints predate the internet version. A 1979 Little Feat album titled Down On The Farm featured a lipsticked female duck on its cover, and a 1989 Full House episode nicknamed a student Duckface for the same pursed-lips expression[3]. Ben Stiller's Blue Steel look from the 2001 film Zoolander is frequently compared to the pose as well[3]. ## How It Spread The pose jumped to other platforms as photo-sharing grew. On March 29th, 2007, DeviantArt user Hauntash uploaded an image titled The Duckface[3]. In January 2008, humor site Ebaumsworld ran a gallery called The Ugly Duck Face[3]. On April 24th, 2009, the single-topic blog AntiDuckFace launched to catalog examples of young women pulling the pose[3]. Reddit picked up the mockery on March 7th, 2010, when user gentoolicious asked why so many women pulled the awful duck lip face, drawing a reply that framed it as a way to mask insecurity[3]. Comedy artist Gamble released a track called Duck Face that YouTuber benlyons83 turned into a slideshow music video on June 21st, 2010[3]. Actor Nick Cannon then posted Duck Face Fails on his blog on September 23rd, 2011, collecting a gallery of examples[3]. On February 28th, 2012, BuzzFeed contributor brandib6 published Duck Face: The Race for the Cure, framing the pose as a mock disease with symptoms of lips thrust forward in an imitation of water fowl, accented with heavy eyeliner and glowing orange skin[1]. The post recommended slapping affected friends as a public service intervention[1]. A dedicated Facebook page devoted to the pose had passed 3,400 likes by April 2012[3]. ## How to Use Making a Duck Face typically means pressing the lips forward and slightly upward into a tight pout while angling the head down and to the side for a mirror or front-camera selfie[1]. Common conventions of the pose include heavy makeup, tilted framing, and a raised phone visible in the shot[2]. The look is almost always deployed ironically or as a target of mockery in the 2010s onward rather than as a sincere flirty pose[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Duck Face? Duck Face is a selfie pose where the subject presses their lips into a pursed pout that vaguely resembles a duck's bill, often paired with heavy eyeliner and a tilted head[1]. ### Where did Duck Face come from? The pose spread through Myspace profile photos after the site went mainstream in 2005, and the term was pinned down in Urban Dictionary entries submitted in May and September 2006[2]. ### What does Duck Face mean? The term is almost always pejorative, used to mock the pose as a try-hard flirty expression rather than a compliment, as captured in a BuzzFeed piece that framed it as a mock disease[1]. ### How do you use Duck Face? You press your lips forward into a tight pucker and angle your head down and to the side while shooting a mirror or front-camera selfie[3]. ### Is Duck Face still popular? Duck Face peaked with Myspace and early Facebook self-portraits in the late 2000s and early 2010s, with dedicated mocking accounts and a Facebook page passing 3,400 likes by April 2012[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/brandib6/duck-face-the-race-for-the-cure-53mh]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Duck%20Face]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/duck-face Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library