in-yer-face

adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectivein-yer-face (comparative more in-yer-face, superlative most 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.

    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

    2017 December 22, Rachel Aroesti, “The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction”, in the Guardian

Origin

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

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APA

in-yer-face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-yer-face

MLA

“in-yer-face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-yer-face. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in-yer-face,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-yer-face.

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