A fork of Rural Dictionary
the terrible, unscripted or apparently stoned face even the most studied of actors can be caught making when a movie or television show scene is paused at an inopportune moment.
Dude, check out this hilarious pause face I just caught Jane Lynch making in the Emmy's!
A random weird facial expression left on the screen when you pause a video. This is totally unintentional and not to be confused with a pause job.
Chelsea Handler never fails to make me laugh when she has pause face.
When you’re on facetime and you go on “Paused” and the screen freezes you in a weird expression.
“When you went on paused it left you with a pause face”