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facecrime

facecrime noun: a facial expression considered unacceptable.

Noun

facecrime (countable and uncountable, plural facecrimes)

  1. A facial expression considered unacceptable.
    • It's getting hard to keep track of all the blue-check marks who called for the death of these kids.2019 January 24, Ubiquitous, “Facial expressions and hats as evidence of wrongdoing are "Facecrimes" straight out of 1984”, in alt.politics.correct (Usenet)
    • Others spoke of “facecrimes” with which white, male professors were now being charged, ...1999, Cyril Levitt, Scott Davies, Neil McLaughlin, Mistaken Identities: The Second Wave of Controversy Over "political Correctness", Peter Lang Pub Incorporated

Forms of facecrime

pluralfacecrimes

Origin of facecrime

From face + crime. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, where it refers to the act of having a facial expression indicating an unacceptable state of mind.

Questions about facecrime

What does facecrime mean?
Facecrime means a facial expression considered unacceptable.
What part of speech is facecrime?
Facecrime is a noun.
What is the plural of facecrime?
The plural of facecrime is facecrimes.

Words near facecrime in the dictionary

  1. facecheeks
  2. faceclaim
  3. faceclaims
  4. facecloth
  5. facecloths
  6. facecrime
  7. facecrimes
  8. faced
  9. faced down
  10. faced facts
  11. faced off

Source and license

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