Migraine (pronounced mahy-greyn or mee-greyn)
(1) An
extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head
and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
(2) A neurological condition characterised by such headaches
1325–1375: From the Middle English, from the Old French migraigne, from (as an imperfect echoic) the Medieval Latin hēmicrānia (pain in one side of the head, headache) and the Greek hemikrania, the construct being hemi (half) + kranion (skull). The earliest form in English was megrim or mygrame with the spelling revised in 1777 to adopt the French form. It’s never been clear if any of the European forms are a calque of the Egyptian gs-tp (headache), a construct of gs (half) + tp (head); the link between the Egyptian magical papyri and the Greek hēmikranía (ἡμικρανία) is undocumented and could be coincidental. The corrupt form megrim was in common use between the fifteenth & early twentieth centuries is now obsolete although it did for a while endure in its secondary senses of "depression; low spirits" (and curiously, "a whim or fancy"). The pronunciation mee-greyn is said to be most prevalent in Scotland. Migraine is a noun and migrainoid & migrainous are adjectives; the noun plural is migraines.
The
Migraine Pose
A staple of portrait photography for decades, the migraine pose isn’t new but Instagram is a big-machine database and it’s now easy to identify trends and spikes in techniques. The migraine look seems to have peaked in late 2018 and although still often posted, the historic moment of the trend seems to have passed. The pose is achieved by using one hand to pulling the face up by the temples, a look reminiscent of someone suffering a migraine. Classically done with one hand because the headache from which it borrows the name usually is localised to one side of the head, models adopt the look because it tightens the face, renders cheekbones more prominent and lifts the brows, a kind of instant facelift. The hand may be placed on the temples, forehead or crown but should be done with a light touch, not a gripping of the head or hair. Models also caution neophytes not to neglect the hands and nails because nothing spoils even a perfectly composed photograph like a poor manicure.
Gigi Hadad: The perfect migraine pose by a professional model. With that bone structure and flawless skin, she doesn't need the artifice the technique can lend those falling short of her structural ideal but the pose adds variety to a photo shoot and photographers still like it.
Barnaby Joyce (b 1967; thrice (between local difficulties) deputy prime minister of Australia 2016-2022): Although Mr Joyce seems frequently to adopt the migraine pose, the consensus is it's not an attempt to make himself more attractive in photographs and it's likely he actually suffers headaches. These could be caused by many things.
Of course, Mr Joyce may also have been the cause of migraines in a few of his colleagues. He's pictured here in 2018 with Malcolm Turnbull (b 1954; Australian prime-minister 2015-2018).
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