gurn
v.— «Not that snogging was ever the agenda, as most people were gurning and too busy worshipping the stupid music.» —“Howard Ritchie’s Future Big Ones” by Howard Ritchie ic Coventry (U.K.) May 25, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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