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The term 'Sleeveface' was coined in April 2007 by
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Sleeveface contributors regularly held
Sleeveface parties across the world, and contributors have helped organise Sleeveface workshops for children. One such workshop took place at the
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was created, which hosts a collection of sleevefacing photos sent in by people and continued uploading new photos for several years after the peak of the phenomenon.
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album on which he is holding a sleeve (showing his face) in front of his face. and the back of the 1982 album
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in early 2006, though earlier examples of 'Sleevefacing' include a Mad
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networking site. From this point, the craze started to become more widely known.
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