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MySpace angle

MySpace angle noun: a camera angle from above the (usually female) person's head at an angle that typically showcases the face and cleavage but conceals the body.

Noun (1)

MySpace angle (plural MySpace angles)

  1. (Internet) A camera angle from above the (usually female) person's head at an angle that typically showcases the face and cleavage but conceals the body.
    • This case study approach utilizes a close reading analysis of the MySpace Angle commentary, revealing three main themes in users’ critique of MySpace Angles: 1) users who post these photographs are conforming to a social trend at the expense of their individuality; 2) the presentation of these...2009, Lauren F Sessions, ““You Looked Better on MySpace”: Deception and authenticity on the Web 2.0”, in First Monday, →ISSN
    • Let's address the subject of “Myspace-angle” photos, as well “mirror-cam” pics with the pouty expression and the extended, camera phone-bearing arm. They are awful. Nothing makes a woman seem more simultaneously ridiculous, boring and in need of arm weight reps like these poses do. Those...2012 October 18, Jennifer Byrne, “No Myspace Angles!”, in Fake It: More Than 100 Shortcuts Every Woman Needs to Know, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN

Noun (2) capitalized: Myspace angle

Myspace angle (plural Myspace angles)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of MySpace angle.

Examples of MySpace angle in a sentence

  • Marwick, for instance, draws attention to the “MySpace angle,” namely, “the practice of taking a selfie from above, which is said to make the subject look thinner” (2015, 141).2019 November 30, Johannes Riquet, Martin Heusser, Imaging Identity: Text, Mediality and Contemporary Visual Culture, Springer Nature...
  • Wow, she looks exactly like her pictures, MySpace angle notwithstanding.2020 October 4, Megan Hood, Family Sexy Taboo Explicit Best Women's Erotica - 150 The Hottest Filthy Sex Story, Ronnie Butler:

Forms of MySpace angle

pluralMySpace angles
alternative formMyspace angle
pluralMyspace angles

Origin of MySpace angle

Since 2006, from being frequently used in MySpace profile pictures.

Questions about MySpace angle

What does MySpace angle mean?
MySpace angle means a camera angle from above the (usually female) person's head at an angle that typically showcases the face and cleavage but conceals the body.
How do you use MySpace angle in a sentence?
Marwick, for instance, draws attention to the “MySpace angle,” namely, “the practice of taking a selfie from above, which is said to make the subject look thinner” (2015, 141).
What part of speech is MySpace angle?
MySpace angle is a noun.
What is the plural of MySpace angle?
The plural of MySpace angle is MySpace angles.

Words near MySpace angle in the dictionary

  1. Mysorean
  2. mysositic
  3. mysositis
  4. mysost
  5. myspace
  6. MySpace angle
  7. MySpace angles
  8. myspaced
  9. MySpacer
  10. MySpacers
  11. myspaces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MySpace angle (page history and authors); Myspace angle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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