Botox smile

English

Etymology

From the way Botox paralyzes the facial muscles.

Noun

Botox smile (plural Botox smiles)

1. Synonym of Pan-Am smile
   • 2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks, page 180:

     She beamed a stiff Botox smile at him, all the initial coyness replaced by professional PR.

   • 2014, Tina Traster, ‎Melissa Fay Greene, Rescuing Julia Twice, page 181:

     I smile a Botox smile because they think Julia is simply a chatty, precocious child.

   • 2017, Maryann Karinch, ‎Jim McCormick, Body Language Sales Secrets:

     you see a "Botox smile.” It's polite and nothing more.