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^[1]:

     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

• Google Books: [2]

Further reading

• In-yer-face theatre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia