stink-eye

stink-eye
 n.— «There had been a family of seven or eight dolpins cruising up and down the local beaches.…I paddled towards them (nothing violent or sudden, just an easy paddle out towards ‘em).…he Lead Dude (Bull?) stopped his up and down swimming style, and slowed down a bit, spearing me with stink-eye, and staying on the surface until the rest of the family went by.» —“Re: Only Surfing” by Leif Eric Johnson Usenet: alt.surfing Jan. 30, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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