face control

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The policy, in upscale nightclubs, of restricting entry based on a bouncer's snap judgment of the suitability of a person's looks, money, style or attitude.

Word forms

face control

Etymology

From Russian фейсконтро́ль (fejskontrólʹ), from English face + control, a pseudo-Anglicism.

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