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when meeting new acquaintances, so it’s not a full honest smile, but does show openness to others. <strong>The</strong><br />

tight lipped smile with high intensity is more appropriate for acquaintances because a full smile is<br />

reserved for our friends and family and would only come off as insincere with new company. A full<br />

smile around new people would lead them to think “What’s that guy’s problem, he’s grinning like we<br />

were the best of friends, yet we just met.”<br />

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<strong>The</strong> uneven smile. This one is a fake!<br />

THREE. <strong>The</strong> uneven smile. We might see this smile associated with tongue-in-cheek humour or<br />

sarcasm. <strong>The</strong> smile happens when only one side of the face sports a smile and the other side does not.<br />

<strong>The</strong> opposite side may even be down turned or frowning. <strong>The</strong> uneven smile depicts a frame of mind in<br />

which opposite emotions are present. <strong>The</strong> uneven smile would accompany cheeky humour amongst<br />

friends and would crack to show others that sarcasm was intended. We rarely see this expression aside<br />

from in the West, since sarcasm is much less common around the world.<br />

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FOUR. <strong>The</strong> upper smile. In this smile, the upper lid is raised to expose only the top row of teeth, but<br />

the true significance is that the lower teeth remain hidden. In the upper smile the jaw and teeth remain<br />

closed and the message conveyed is of medium pleasure and comes off as insecure. Used car salesman,<br />

who beam light from their teeth in this way, will seem to have a hidden agenda.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> grin or smirk.<br />

FIVE. <strong>The</strong> grin or smirk. <strong>The</strong> smirk indicates smugness and arrogance. It is a tight lipped smile with<br />

the addition of a degree self satisfaction for good measure. A nervous smile often appears like a smirk<br />

but they are not to be confused. <strong>The</strong> smirk has accompanying dominant body language such as head<br />

back, shoulders back, open postures along with dialogue riddle with exuberant pride. <strong>The</strong> smirk will<br />

happen too when someone is under direct verbal attack. It’s the sort of face that makes you want to say

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