screwface

English

Etymology

Compound of screw +‎ face.

Pronunciation

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Noun

screwface (plural screwfaces)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, Jamaica, MLE, slang) A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.
    Synonym: grimace
    • 2005, Tracy M. Bush, A Blues for Mary, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 134:
      “Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”
    • 2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38:
      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.
    • 2014, George Vecsey, Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer, Times Books, →ISBN, page 249:
      Klinsmann had to know from observing the cranky screwface Dempsey displayed in public that this was no moonbeam of a player.

Derived terms

Verb

screwface (third-person singular simple present screwfaces, present participle screwfacing, simple past and past participle screwfaced)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To make a screwface (at someone).
    • 2020, Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was, London: 4th Estate, →ISBN, page 113:
      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.

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