screwfaced

English

Etymology

From screwface +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

screwfaced (comparative more screwfaced, superlative most screwfaced)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Having a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:angry
    • 2017 September 7, David Phinn, “I am a messenger and I ride”, in NOW‎[1], Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2023:
      So why do so many bike messengers look so screwfaced and vexed, as if road rage and frustration were their permanent riding companions?

Verb

screwfaced

  1. simple past and past participle of screwface

Further reading

  • “screwfaced”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.
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