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单词 in-yer-face
释义

in-yer-face

English

Etymology

Respelling of in-your-face, suggesting a working-class pronunciation. Coined by British theatre critic Aleks Sierz.

Adjective

in-yer-face (comparative more in-yer-face, superlative most in-yer-face)

  1. Of or relating to a style of shocking and confrontational theatre that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s.
    • 2017 December 22, Rachel Aroesti, “The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction”, in the Guardian:
      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

References

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Further reading

  • In-yer-face theatre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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