In-yer-face
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to a style of shocking and confrontational theatre that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s.
"On the one hand, Clark’s power grabs seemed gratuitous. She is one of the most celebrated musicians on the planet: critically adored – Masseduction is the second St Vincent record to be named the Guardian’s album of the year – and a beacon of defiant and in-yer-face experimentalism"
Example
More examples"On the one hand, Clark’s power grabs seemed gratuitous. She is one of the most celebrated musicians on the planet: critically adored – Masseduction is the second St Vincent record to be named the Guardian’s album of the year – and a beacon of defiant and in-yer-face experimentalism"
Etymology
Respelling of in-your-face, suggesting a working-class pronunciation. Coined by British theatre critic Aleks Sierz.
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