Pan Am smile

See also: Pan-Am smile

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Etymology

Named after Pan American Airlines (later Pan Am), which had a policy requiring flight attendants to always smile when interacting with customers.

Noun

Pan Am smile (plural Pan Am smiles)

  1. A smile that involves only the mouth, and not the entire face.
    Synonym: Botox smile
    Coordinate term: Duchenne smile
    • 2007, Richard Wiseman, “Trust everyone, but always cut the cards: The psychology of lying and deception”, in Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 74:
      Compared to the women with the Pan Am smiles, those displaying the Duchenne smiles were significantly more likely to be married, stay married, be happier, and be healthier throughout their lives.
    • 2008, Victoria Zdrok, “Eight Swaggers and Smiles: Catching Her Eye . . . and Keeping It”, in Dr. Z on Scoring: How to Pick Up, Seduce, and Hook Up with Hot Women, New York, N.Y.: Fireside, →ISBN, part 1 (The Art of Picking Up Hot Babes), page 103:
      These muscles pull the facial skin into the "crinkly" pattern at the corners of each eye, cause the droop in the eyelid toward the temple, and pull the cheeks and corners of the mouth upward (rather than sideways as in the Pan Am smile).
    • 2009, Scott O[wen] Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Laura L. Namy, Nancy J. Woolf, “Emotion and Motivation: What Moves Us”, in Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, Boston, Mass.: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN, pages 449–450:
      If you page through your family albums, you’ll probably find an abundance of Pan Am smiles, especially in posed photographs.

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