MySpace angle

English

Alternative forms

• Myspace angle

Etymology

Since 2006, from being frequently used in MySpace profile pictures.

Noun

MySpace angle (plural MySpace angles)

1. (Internet slang) A camera angle from above the (usually female) person's head at an angle that typically showcases the face and cleavage but conceals the body.
   • 2009, Lauren F Sessions, ““You Looked Better on MySpace”: Deception and authenticity on the Web 2.0”, in First Monday‎^[1], →ISSN:

     This case study approach utilizes a close reading analysis of the MySpace Angle commentary, revealing three main themes in users’ critique of MySpace Angles: 1) users who post these photographs are conforming to a social trend at the expense of their individuality; 2) the presentation of these photographs is narcissistic; and, 3) these photographs purposefully conceal the body.

   • 2012 October 18, Jennifer Byrne, “No Myspace Angles!”, in Fake It: More Than 100 Shortcuts Every Woman Needs to Know‎^[2], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN:

     Let's address the subject of “Myspace-angle” photos, as well “mirror-cam” pics with the pouty expression and the extended, camera phone-bearing arm. They are awful. Nothing makes a woman seem more simultaneously ridiculous, boring and in need of arm weight reps like these poses do. Those shot-from-above pics scream, “Look! I have cleavage and a working phone! All this can be yours!”

   • 2016 October 25, Charles Travis, Alexander von Lünen, The Digital Arts and Humanities: Neogeography, Social Media and Big Data Integrations and Applications (Springer Geography)‎^[3], Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8:

     These misinterpretations can apparently be transposed to self-representations online and, in particular, when embodied gestures are lacking in online communication (compare for instance phenomena of deceit for example the notorious over flattering MySpace angles and other misleading digital depictions).

   • 2018 October 1, Jennifer Van Hook, Susan M. McHale, Valarie King, Families and Technology (National Symposium on Family Issues)‎^[4], Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:

     For women, showing more cleavage, giving flirtatious looks directly into the camera, and taking the picture from above their head and at an angle (nicknamed the “MySpace angle”) increase the number of new messages they receive.

   • 2019 November 30, Johannes Riquet, Martin Heusser, Imaging Identity: Text, Mediality and Contemporary Visual Culture‎^[5], Springer Nature, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42:

     Marwick, for instance, draws attention to the “MySpace angle,” namely, “the practice of taking a selfie from above, which is said to make the subject look thinner” (2015, 141).

   • 2020 October 4, Megan Hood, Family Sexy Taboo Explicit Best Women's Erotica - 150 The Hottest Filthy Sex Story‎^[6], Ronnie Butler:

     Wow, she looks exactly like her pictures, MySpace angle notwithstanding.