Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

croydon facelift

/ˌkɹɔɪdn̩ ˈfeɪslɪft/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: croy-don -facelift
IPA: /ˌkɹɔɪdn̩ ˈfeɪslɪft/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A women's hairstyle, associated with lower social classes, in which the hair is pulled tightly back from the face and fastened behind the head, thus pulling the features up and back and giving an effect similar to a facelift.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"We climb in, and I plaster my Little House on the Prairie-style cloth hat over my hair so the greasy strands won't get yanked back into a Croydon facelift as I pull on my helmet."
"Everyone stopped drinking to have a look. A girl with a Croydon facelift hairdo and a sequinned tank top began hyperventilating noisily."
"All of which could explain why, when I had my hair styled in a tight ponytail for the shoot accompanying this feature, most people who saw me thought I looked "unapproachable" (which might simply be a polite way of saying: "You looked like you had a rattail and a Croydon facelift")."

Etymology

From Croydon, a Borough of London + facelift.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌkɹɔɪdn̩ ˈfeɪslɪft/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Croydon facelifts (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce croydon facelift?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɹɔɪdn̩ ˈfeɪslɪft/.
What does croydon facelift mean?: A women's hairstyle, associated with lower social classes, in which the hair is pulled tightly back from the face and fastened behind the head, thus pulling the features up and back and giving an effect similar to a facelift.
Where does croydon facelift come from?: From Croydon, a Borough of London + facelift.

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