pukeface

English

Etymology

puke +‎ face

Pronunciation
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Noun

pukeface (plural pukefaces)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A contemptible, undesirable, or ugly person.
    • 1984, Harold Pinter, Other places: four plays: Volume 1948, Part 2, page 29:
      Listen, pukeface — DRIVER. Yes? (Pause.) CONTROLLER. 135? 135? Where are you? DRIVER. Don't have anything to do with 135.
    • 1999, Ineke Holtwijk, Wanda Boeke, Asphalt angels, link:
      "It's your fault, pukeface!"
    • 2007, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Talk Talk, page 284:
      What he saw was not Peck Wilson but some soft scared pukeface whose mind couldn't stop running up against the bared teeth of the moment.
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