screwface

plural screwfaces

1. JamaicaMulticultural London EnglishslangAfrican-American VernacularA contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.

   “Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”

   2005, Tracy M. Bush, A Blues for Mary, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 134

   2 more examples

   She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.

   2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38

   Klinsmann had to know from observing the cranky screwface Dempsey displayed in public that this was no moonbeam of a player.

   2014, George Vecsey, Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer, Times Books, →ISBN, page 249

   Synonyms: grimace

present singular third person screwfaces · participle present screwfacing · participle past screwfaced · past screwfaced

1. intransitiveslangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo make a screwface (at someone).

   When it’s done, I leave the lecture theatre screwfacing anyone who tries watching me and they look away quicktime and no one says nothing.

   2020, Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was, London: 4th Estate, →ISBN, page 113