When Lady Gaga released her hit song in 2009, the term ‘poker face’ was finally introduced to a broader audience, including people who literally know nothing about poker.īut, what is a poker face? Is it related to gambling or not?Īccording to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a poker face is “an inscrutable face that reveals no hint of a person’s thoughts or feelings”, a blank expression, essentially.Ī poker face is an expression one makes in an effort to deceive other people regarding the actions they are taking in order to achieve a certain goal.
