baby face
noun
plural baby faces
1
: a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence
2
professional wrestling
: a wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match
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In March, a Turkish expat in Montevideo, Uruguay, spotted that unmistakable baby face recklessly driving a brand-new white Ferrari and caught him on a cell phone video.
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Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
This is a good time to talk about your baby face.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
During that time, a large and vocal portion of the AEW audience began to boo him relentlessly, despite the fact that he was being booked as one of the company's top baby faces.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
With a mop of long brown hair and a baby face belying a killer instinct that soon would be seen across the college football world, 18-year-old Kellen Moore would sit without saying a word in the Boise State quarterback meetings.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2025
Runway helped provide the AI baby faces in last year’s Venice Film Festival premiere Baby Invasion, a hybrid movie-videogame centered on a home invasion by thieves wearing baby masks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
Baby Invasion is presented as a hyper-realistic, multiplayer first-person shooter game following a group of mercenaries masking their identity with baby face avatars.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
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Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
This is a good time to talk about your baby face.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
During that time, a large and vocal portion of the AEW audience began to boo him relentlessly, despite the fact that he was being booked as one of the company's top baby faces.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
With a mop of long brown hair and a baby face belying a killer instinct that soon would be seen across the college football world, 18-year-old Kellen Moore would sit without saying a word in the Boise State quarterback meetings.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2025
Runway helped provide the AI baby faces in last year’s Venice Film Festival premiere Baby Invasion, a hybrid movie-videogame centered on a home invasion by thieves wearing baby masks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
Baby Invasion is presented as a hyper-realistic, multiplayer first-person shooter game following a group of mercenaries masking their identity with baby face avatars.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Baby face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20face. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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