face control

English

Etymology

From Russian фейсконтро́ль (fejskontrólʹ), from English face + control, a pseudo-Anglicism.

Noun

face control (uncountable)

(Russia, Greece) The policy, in upscale nightclubs, of restricting entry based on a bouncer's snap judgment of the suitability of a person's looks, money, style or attitude.

Translations

policy of restricting nightclub entry based on bouncer's snap judgment

Belarusian: фэйскантро́ль m (fejskantrólʹ)
Georgian: ფეისკონტროლი (peisḳonṭroli)
Russian: фейсконтро́ль (ru) m (fɛjskontrólʹ, fejskontrólʹ)
Ukrainian: фейсконтро́ль m (fejskontrólʹ)

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