I would like to nominate a new word for the English language.
The word is ‘Frile’.
‘The Frile’ combines the frown and the smile. These two facial expressions are more commonly deployed separately. They signal opposite each other.
The frile makes those separate entities one.
The message delivered by friling is complex. In friling, one is amused but conditionally, warily. It may convey a certain anxiety or uncertainty as if trust may be at any moment suspended. The friler is not so easily persuaded as others might be. The frown is normally employed to distance oneself from a situation whereas the smile draws one in.
The friler may find themselves in no-mans-land caught between near and far.
Should the reader attempt a frile, they will notice more facial muscles are used than other expressions. It is quite tiring to maintain a frile. It is facially exhausting.
In friling, one quite quickly recalls previous friles and frilers. They might be relatives, friends or media personalities.
The English language is alive and can integrate new words where there is a demand for one. The way in which new words are introduced is not formalised. In this instance it is introduced here in my blog for possible inclusion. *
Please see ‘Frilie’, below.
Frilie
* On advice, I subsequently have checked and find that Frile is already listed in The Urban Dictionary and means, “A neutral expression. A facial expression that is somewhere between a frown and a smile.”