[Ads-l] Antedating of "In Your Face"

[Shapiro, Fred]

in your face (OED 1975)

1974 Detroit Free Press 1 Dec. 4-D/5 (ProQuest)

Occasionally [Larry] Fogle will get the ball during a lull in a scrimmage and charge toward the basket, viciously dunking it ... It's his way of saying: "There — You see !!"  "IN YOUR FACE," they say on the street.

Fred Shapiro

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