backpfeifengesicht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Backpfeifengesicht.

Noun

backpfeifengesicht (plural backpfeifengesichts)

1. A punchable face, or someone with such a face.
   • 2015, Stacy McKitrick, Blind Temptation:

     Perry, you're...you're...you're a Backpfeifengesicht." And she'd like to be the first to hit that face.

   • 2017 April 29, “iteresting TV stuff”, in uk.rec.sheds‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Death threats are, of course, dead out of order. But Brewer has a Backpfeifengesicht if anyone does.

   • 2019, Sloane Tanen, There's a Word for That:

     It had started years before, when they'd been reading the Daily News on the subway and he'd casually noted that Ted Cruz had a Backpfeifengesicht—a face that needed a fist.

   • 2020, Kate Meader, Man Down:

     Looking up—and this required significant neck strain—she met deep blue eyes, a crop of dark blond hair, a full beard, and soft-looking lips. A strikingly handsome and familiar face, and a complete backpfeifengesicht.

   • 2020, J. Michael Brower, Brian Miller: Dragon-Stars at War: Book Eight:

     Hey, Maddy, did you arrive okay? These reptilians are sure bringing their own backpfeifengesicht, aren't they?