(figuratively, sometimes, derogatory) To present (something) as fashionable and glamorous, often by removing or disguising aspects which are considered unappealing.
Requests to yassify certain trans and non-binary celebrities, and people of colour, felt problematic to many; the FaceApp's eurocentric beauty filters implying BIPOC are only "yass"-worthy when they're made to appear more caucasian or ra…
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The aesthetic vocabulary of how people dress now — quiet luxury, coquette, mob wife, coastal grandmother, Y2K core, and every "-core" that came after.
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(transitive, Internet slang) To apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more made-up, potentially more feminine, and often unrecognizable.
To yassify yourself and get stuck in with the yassification trend on Twitter, it's kind of up to you on your best photo editing method. The most commonly used one, though, is FaceApp. Once you've got the app, you can play around with the…
"yassify" means: To apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more made-up, potentially more feminin.... This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"yassify" means: To apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more made-up, potentially more feminin.... Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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