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anglefraud

anglefraud noun: a self-portrait photograph taken from a favourable angle in order to conceal or mitigate a perceived negative physical characteristic.

Noun

anglefraud (plural anglefrauds)

  1. (slang, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) A self-portrait photograph taken from a favourable angle in order to conceal or mitigate a perceived negative physical characteristic.
    • i kinda wanna post anglefraud for chaser attention, but i can’t because i look like shit and i wouldn’t even know where to do it 💔2026 January 7, u/Aurum-ie-GOLD, “i kinda wanna post anglefraud for chaser attention”, in Reddit, r/4tran4
    • can i be honest and say i hate HRT timeline photos because they're either all
      -2010s instagram anglefraud filtered photos
      -post-FFS
      -too short a time span (12 months max)
      and it's like, kind of tough to get a grounded view on what most transitions look like2025 July 31, @OrbitalPoop, Twitter

Verb

anglefraud (third-person singular simple present anglefrauds, present participle anglefrauding, simple past and past participle anglefrauded)

  1. (intransitive, 4chan /lgbt/ slang) To photograph oneself from a favourable angle, so as to conceal or mitigate a perceived negative physical characteristic.
    • if i anglefraud my front profile i look exactly like this except the hair, but as soon as someone sees my side profile or me without makeup or just undereye concealer i look like a fucking ugly man2025 May 7, [deleted], “if i anglefraud my front profile i look exactly like this except the hair”, in Reddit, r/4tran4
    • My gf takes anglefrauding too far. Every time we try to take a selfie together she steps behind me so her entire body is hidden behind mine and pops her head up behind my shoulder.2025 November 27, u/Eugregia, “it's so unfair that cis women get to anglefraud and not feel bad that they're lying about what they actually look like”, in Reddit, r/4tran4

Examples of anglefraud in a sentence

  • Your shoulders and arms are still very manly and no amount of anglefraud will be enough to mask your waistline.2024 October 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
  • it’s just a bunch of anglefraud and photo retouching.2023 January 7, anonymous author, “Passgen”, in 4chan, /lgbt/:
  • Just doesn't hit the same I had to anglefraud so hard to make my face look so small again2024 May 21, @Valerie_tbh, Twitter:
  • In photos, my face look like literal shit unless I anglefraud and take the best 1/100 photos.2023 January 25, anonymous author, “...am I the bddfag?”, in 4chan, /lgbt/:

Forms of anglefraud

Noun
pluralanglefrauds
Verb
third-person singular presentanglefrauds
present participleanglefrauding
past participleanglefrauded
pastanglefrauded

Origin of anglefraud

Compound of angle + fraud.

Questions about anglefraud

What does anglefraud mean?
Anglefraud means a self-portrait photograph taken from a favourable angle in order to conceal or mitigate a perceived negative physical characteristic.
How do you use anglefraud in a sentence?
Your shoulders and arms are still very manly and no amount of anglefraud will be enough to mask your waistline.
What part of speech is anglefraud?
Anglefraud can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of anglefraud?
The plural of anglefraud is anglefrauds.

Words near anglefraud in the dictionary

  1. angledog
  2. angledogs
  3. Angledool
  4. angledozer
  5. angledozers
  6. anglefraud
  7. anglegram
  8. anglegrams
  9. angleless
  10. anglemeter
  11. anglemeters

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