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形容詞

in your face (comparative more in your face, superlative most in your face)

1. Alternative form of in-your-face

間投詞

in your face!

1. (idiomatic) A derisive and contemptuous exclamation of triumph over one's interlocutor.

   I got picked for the cheerleading squad, and YOU didn't. In your face!

関連する語

• in someone's face

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2023), “in your face!”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

形容詞

in-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)

1. (informal) aggressively or blatantly confrontational
   • 2013 November 7, Jewly Wright, “K.T. Oslin: The Cream Interview”, in Nashville Scene‎^[1]:

     It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face.

   • 2021 August 2, Taylor Lorenz, “The App With the Unprintable Name That Wants to Give Power to Creators”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     The in-your-face name was deliberate, Ms. Lugrin said.

関連する語

• in-yer-face