Glasgow smile
A Glasgow smile (also known as a Chelsea smile, or a Glasgow, Chelsea, Birkenhead, A buck 50 or Cheshire grin) is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile.[1][2]
The act is usually performed with a utility knife or a piece of broken glass, leaving a scar which causes the victim to appear to be smiling broadly.[3]
The practice is said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1920s and 30s.[4]
Most notably, Scottish actor Tommy Flanagan has the scars of a Glasgow smile from when he was attacked outside a bar in Scotland.[5]
See also
- Albert Fish
- The Black Dahlia
- Blood eagle
- Carver (Nip/Tuck)
- Chibs Telford
- Colombian necktie
- The Comedian
- Dueling scar
- Glasgow razor gangs
- Glaswegian kiss
- Ichi the Killer
- Jeff the Killer
- The Joker
- Kuchisake-onna ("Slit-Mouthed Woman")
- The Man Who Laughs
- Mileena
- Slashing
- Upgrade (film)
References
- ^ Mills, Rod (27 October 2008). "Surgeon Says Hospitals Treat a Knife Victim Every Six Hours". The Daily Express. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ Arlidge, John (24 April 1995). "City Slicker Glasgow". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ Peter Ward Booth; Barry L. Eppley; Rainer Schmelzeisen (2003), Maxillofacial trauma and esthetic facial reconstruction, Churchill Livingstone, p. 555, ISBN 9780443071249
- ^ McKay, Reg (19 October 2007). "Razor gangs ruled the streets but even in the violence of pre-war years, one man stood out". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Fretts, Bruce (12 November 2014). "Sons of Anarchy's Tommy Flanagan on Those Facial Scars, This Final Season, and Chibs". Vulture. New York. Retrieved 12 January 2019.