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Smiler

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who smiles.

    "Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder."

  2. 2
    A fan of American singer and actress Miley Cyrus. slang

    "When she rose to the throne of the iTunes charts with her single “Royals”, she was met with some hateful tweets from Smilers (aka Miley Cyrus fans)."

  3. 3
    the human face (‘kisser’ and ‘smiler’ and ‘mug’ are informal terms for ‘face’ and ‘phiz’ is British) wordnet
  4. 4
    The mouth. UK, slang

    "You're asking for a punch in the smiler!"

  5. 5
    a person who smiles wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English smyler, smylere; equivalent to smile + -er.

Etymology 2

The singer was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but nicknamed Smiley (later Miley) by her parents because she often smiled as a baby; hence smile + -er.

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