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ahegao

/ˈɑː.heɪ.ɡaʊ/

ahegao noun: an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm.

ahegao: an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue...
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Noun

ahegao (countable and uncountable, plural ahegao or ahegaos)

  1. (Japanese) An exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm.
    • "The ahegao you draw is the best ever, ■■-sensei!."2017, Takashi Kajii, My Little Sister Can Read Kanji: Volume 3, unnumbered page
    • During the set of intercourse at the end of the story, Sherlock is also drawn featuring ahegao expressions, frequently used in hentai or pornographic works.2017, Carolina Lindström, The power of characterization […] , thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 26

Examples of ahegao in a sentence

  • Without anime I would never have been introduced to such thought provoking concepts as ahegao or 15 year old girls with boobs the size of basketballs.2019 March 6, “Personals”, in The Medium, Rutgers University, page A6:
  • In addition to standard cosplay and PG-13, NSFW pictures, she also became known for her ahegao — facial expressions meant to mimic the orgasms of hentai characters.2019 October 8, Madeleine Aggeler, “Who Is Belle Delphine, the Gamer Girl Selling Her Bathwater?”, in New York:
  • I mentally counted to ten before he looked up to see the Ahegao^([sic]) expression I'd practiced.2020, Kat Addams, Just Between Us, →ISBN:

Forms of ahegao

pluralahegao
pluralahegaos

Origin of ahegao

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

Questions about ahegao

What does ahegao mean?
Ahegao means an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm.
How do you use ahegao in a sentence?
Without anime I would never have been introduced to such thought provoking concepts as ahegao or 15 year old girls with boobs the size of basketballs.
What part of speech is ahegao?
Ahegao is a noun.
How do you pronounce ahegao?
Ahegao is pronounced /ˈɑː.heɪ.ɡaʊ/.
What is the plural of ahegao?
The plural of ahegao is ahegao.

Words near ahegao in the dictionary

  1. Ahearn
  2. Ahearns
  3. ahed
  4. Aheer
  5. Aheers
  6. ahegao
  7. ahegaos
  8. Aheibam
  9. aheight
  10. ahem
  11. ahemeral

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