English Explanatory Dictionary

in-yer-face

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a style of shocking and confrontational theatre that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s.

Word forms

in-yer-face more in-yer-face most in-yer-face

Etymology

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

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