Origins of RBF (Resting Bitch Face)
I don’t know how or why, but until a week ago I had never come across the initialism destitute RBF. I read it in one comment that had a very nasty tone, like so many of the comments posted nowadays on social media, so I guessed it had to have a negative slant. If I forget to read it today that it is a public question I could take it back.
What is the target? A young North American woman working in television. We spotted her in a newspaper and she seems happy. If I had any bad luck she would still be ok because she’s slim, attractive and seems to come from a good family.
What does the meaning of RBF mean?
Resting bitch face, also known as RBF or bitchy resting face, is a term for a facial expression (or lack thereof) which unintentionally appears angry, annoyed, irritated, or contemptuous.
Initialism appears to be sexist, and offensive because of the word bitch. What Merriam-Webster defines as
- a often offensive: a lewd or immoral woman A
often offensive: a malicious, spiteful, or overbearing woman—sometimes used as a generalized term of abuse And, as I
discovered two years ago — to my chagrin — bitchy is an emotionally charged expression on EL&U, far more than I had anticipated, when I posted a question with that adjective in its title. In the end it was rewarded with 9 downvotes.
While the terms bitch and bitchy are not compliments in the UK, they are (or were) less loaded. Can we use the term bitch on “pork” for female dogs? It’s likely that under the title ‘The Book of the Bitch : A Complete Guide to Understanding and Caring for Bitches, it is possible to be published in the US. But thanks
to Breaking Bad which teaches us to make sure that Bitches can be directed at both genders. If an American English speaker describes Conan’s natural smile as bitchy, what do you think?
What is a bad face? I don’t think so.
Origin
How did humans get the concept of a sour expression at the time?
How is RBF different from other
memes that have taken over the Internet in 2013? Is “Because I’m sick -Bitchy Resting Face” a joke?
The YouTube video, Bitchy Resting Face, posted 22 May, 2013 is a parody of those TV commercials which talk about pseudo afflictions and disorders.
The Guardian, a British paper, dedicated an article to the neologism in July that year, stating The
real cause is that it wasn’t coined until this year – amazingly – May of that year. What was the exact reason behind the article, which grabbed the media’s attention and how to do it? Really, a titbit with such potential for female anxiety and self-loathing is like an iron filing to the media’s magnet.
However, the British journalist has smugly added
The strange thing is the BRF does not actually exist: the video that coined the term was made by comedian Taylor Orci and is a joke, as you might have guessed from the very name TRF or. What has so far allowed plastic surgeons to offer cures to this non-existent problem?
I’ve been afflicted with chronic bitchface for as long as I can remember. “And the best news is on my blog that Olga has actually opened the
article. When I did my first sex break and I wanted a new project together, the girl told me I didn’t like you. But now I’m having fun with you. ” I can’t still drive. I was eight. I was ten years old. It happened in my life too.
Bitchface starts in March 2016. Does this matter? Why is my wife getting her hair cut really early.
A YouTube video by Madeline Mann, entitled: “My Struggle With Resting Toptch Face”, was posted on the same day. In the video she utters the initialism, RBF and confesses earnestly to the camera
So, erm, this song is about, erm, I’ve been told that I have an RBF, which is a’resting bitch face’ So that pretty much means — like my friend once told me that he would never come up to me in a bar because I just look so freakin’, like I would just like, bite off his head?
If we continue to dig deeper and beyond I discovered the term chronic bitchface during the last RBF years, the term RBF. Is it true that Kristina is born in England in November 2011?
I’m an artist doing my bit to spread awareness about this very common, but barely understood condition. Why do people suffer from bitchface? The Doctor Does Not Know There Is No Cure To Cancer?
Is
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the RBF an emotionally charged term in the US? How offensive is it?
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Is initialism in Britain caught on in media? What is the equivalent?
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When was I first introduced to Rest Bitch Face?
Research:
1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9. Resting bitch face is
(Wikipedia) 1. A Wordnado of Words in 2013 The New York Times
3. On the other hand, if a bitch is resting up on
their skin, what is the picture? Non-derogatory word/phrase analog of “bi**** resting face” but for a young kid (EL&U)
5 Why is the Bitchy resting face so important? The Guardian
6. With regards to the Guardian TV series, we have hardly seen the Guardian in 6 months. Does my Snobby Face Make Me Less Attractive?
Why? 7. My Struggle With Resting B*tch Face (YouTube)
The BRF video is my first exposure to this meme, but as an American and Texan I have encountered references to this phenomenon (if not the specific acronym) far earlier than the mentioned dates. In light of that, in my experience RBF is mentioned as a way of adding humor to an awkward situation of misunderstanding or in defense of a person seen as having a cold personality without the accuser having yet met that person”. It is a description of a condition, not normally a personal attack. “Breaking” is normally used as a way to defuse situations, and as such is not generally seen as offensive.
Sitting at the end of an exchange the phrase “Resting Bitch Face” can provoke offence by the listener for using the word “bitch” and consequently create misunderstanding. Is this especially likely in cases where conversationalists happen to be from the southern United States, are particularly religious, in an older demographic, or any combination of the previous?
As a US Southerner I am accustomed to hearing the essence of the RBF spirit worded in a variety of colorful Southern expressions. If someone asks a woman to get a horse, she’s said, “oh please tell the governor to buy me a horse.”
- Tell Us When It Happens? How
- does it feel to have a new banjo playing and what to have for what? I
- bet you think the roosters talk to you in the morning. And I repeat it to you all night. No
- I don’t eat junk you make me tired all over. Keep it up!” Is
- it ok to save my muscles for a man you want to kiss. ” “It would make me feel good and he might love me. I know he’s really cute and I have to make him kiss him. ” Who
- ever said you were the gift of God was wrong. How do I say it makes you regret it? “Not
- if you were the of England, richest man alive. ”
Or the military version: “Duly noted (in French). On
a news program “Behavior of a friend is useful” Also note are expressions used in defense of a friend’s disheveled or unhappy appearance. What do you believe about the friend though they are outspoken about the friend?
- “You just caught her on a bad day | after a rainstorm | when her makeup ran out. Then she came home. She had all the makeup. “She’s
- busier than a cat covering crap on a marble floor. I should get her to walk in the morning. When
- I walked out of a barn and met my sister, of the horse I ride, was not interested in horses but mules. ” She would never have come to where she had been if she had been riding a mule. She might have taken my horses into a dump truck to get out of here. And I would have done it. ” (implying that either the vehicle she drives is in poor repair or her husband is difficult to deal with)
I am told there are similar (more biting) versions used in the Northern United States.
I am not British but have not yet seen any British acronym or phrase in traditional or social. My roommate is a copywriter for a prominent David Tennant fan club. She still doesn’t own a spaceship. Can I get those texts sported in England?
My account of the “Early Submission” appears on the Urban Dictionary August 18, 2009. Regarding the first appearance, the first recorded instance appears to be a submission on the Urban Dictionary August 18, 2009. Does the similar KnowYourMe site still have info on this topic?
