A fork of Rural Dictionary
Popularized on Tik Tok and other social media, "face card" is used to refer to a person's facial attractiveness. Mainly used to refer to a woman's beauty.
Ella may not have a huge ass or rack, but her face card is always valid. She's stunning. I got into the club because of my face card.
Originating in New York in the 80-90s, a face card is a $100 dollar bill, or the highest note/bill possible in any country. This is a reference to playing cards due to the cards with faces being the most valuable. The term gained popularity after Big L's song Ebonics was released.
"I bucked a fag for eight face cards."
The measure of a persons reputation. Keep ones “face card” clean means making sure your reputation is not tarnished. Remaining a stand-up individual.
I let Ron borrow some money cause his face card is clean. I know he will pay me back on time.
A face card is a hundred dolla bill, a very hard long stare is a grill. RIP Big L Flamboyant for life
"a face card is a hundred dolla bill, a long very hard stare is a grill" R.I.P. BIG-L
A term used in the hood to describe the ability to be fronted or get something based off of your popularity and trustworthiness
Yo bro front me a couple pounds until I get back on my feet you know my face card good