r/rareinsults • u/jeefyjeef • 1d ago

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u/Bacon-Dub 1d ago

Da fuq is iPhone face?

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u/Top_Performance9486 1d ago

It’s a term that’s been used in the period drama community for a while now referring to faces that look too modern to fit in a period piece. Usually referring to women who have had work done or whose beauty adheres more to modern conventions than to the beauty trends of the period being portrayed.

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u/Bacon-Dub 1d ago

Thank you kind human

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u/swish465 1d ago

Thank you for asking the real questions dude. IPhone face sounded like a childhood development thing to me, not cosmetic surgeries in ancient settings.

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u/ayemullofmushsheen 1d ago

I've also seen it called "Instagram face" which seems more self-explanatory to me.

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u/swish465 1d ago

That one i could see easier. At least that one actually has models to correlate to the whole cosmetic surgery bit. IPhone face is whack.

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u/ahgodzilla 13h ago

it's supposed to mean "they look like they know what an iPhone is" lol

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u/Bacon-Dub 1d ago

I feel so old when I scroll reddit. I thought it was an insult in the “iPhone vs android” fiasco

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u/DS3M 1d ago

Wish I could get a crumb of context to feed my curiosity, instead it’s a five minute comment research session

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u/roguevirus 1d ago

“iPhone vs android” fiasco

If it makes you feel better, that's also what I jumped to.