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Your face's way of RSVPing 'no' to picture day.
means A small, inflamed pimple, usually caused by a clogged, infected pore — the bane of teenage mirrors everywhere.
from American slang from the mid-20th century, origin genuinely murky. Some link it to 'zits' as teen slang that just bubbled up on its own, possibly echoing the short, percussive sound of popping one — zit, done. No solid link to any older word has been established, so take any confident-sounding story about its birth with a grain of salt.
- peak timing
- always appears hours before big events
- medical term
- comedo, which sounds fancier than it feels
- popping myth
- makes healing slower, scars more likely
- root cause
- clogged pore plus bacteria plus bad luck