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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A mediocre photograph of food that makes the subject look undesirable and uncanny, generally as a result of poor lighting and framing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous, neologism, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Compound of Wikipedia + food, as Wikipedia—which requires images to be uploaded under a free license when possible—is known for having poor quality photographs of food. Coined by Tumblr user @j4gm before 30 May 2025 (see quotations).
