MAKE-UP
(also see COSMETICS)
ADJECTIVES
► PAINTED LIKE A TWO-BIT WHORE said of a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics → 1966 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ADDITION paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics → c1690 society sl.
► BIMBO DUST face powder → World War II Amer. sl.
► CHEEK-VARNISH a cosmetic used to colour the cheeks; rouge → 1598
► DAZZLE DUST face powder → 1946 Can. teen sl. obs.
► EYE-BLACK black eye-shadow, black mascara → 1912
► FACE a cosmetic kit, make-up → 1946 US sl.
► FAKE make-up → c1875 theatrical usage
► FAKEMENT paint for the face → c1870 theatrical usage
► FARD paint for the face, esp. white paint → 1540 obs.
► FARDRY the act of painting the face, the effect produced by this → c1430 obs.
► LAUGHS make-up → 1935 Brit. theatrical sl.
► LIPPIE ► LIPPY lipstick → 1940 Aust. sl.
► MUCK stage makeup → 1926 US sl.
► PAINT make up → 1660 UK sl.
► PUCKER PAINT lipstick → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCHLAP ► SHLAP ► SLAP orig. applied to theatrical make-up, such as rouge or grease-paint; hence, more generally, any cosmetic make-up, esp. applied thickly or carelessly → 1860 sl.
► SLOP make-up, esp. in theatre use → M19 sl.
► SPLASH make-up, cosmetics, esp, poudre de riz used to whiten the complexion → M19 sl.
► WARPAINT cosmetics, make-up → 1869 sl.
► WHITENING face powder → 1905 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CHRISTMAS TREE a heavily made-up or over-dressed woman – she’s lit up like a Christmas tree → 1980 US sl.
► CIRCUS CLOWN a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CIRCUS QUEEN a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EASTER EGG a woman wearing too much makeup → 1967 Amer. jocular usage
► KINARKEY a woman wearing garish make-up → 1990s W. Indies sl.
► MRS. ASTOR’S BILLY GOAT ► MRS. ASTOR’S COW ► MRS. ASTOR’S PET COW ► MRS. ASTOR’S PET HORSE ► MRS. ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE an over-made-up or overdressed person → 1920s US sl.
► PAINTED WOMAN a woman wearing makeup, often considered to be of ill-repute in some communities; a prostitute → Bk1914
► PAINTRESS a woman who paints or rouges her face → 1633 obs.
► TECHNICOLOR GIRL one with too much make-up → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► TWO-BIT WHORE a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics → 1966 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► CHEER to make one’s own or another person’s face look bright or cheerful; to brighten the face, eyes, etc. with cosmetics → 1560 obs.
► DO ONE’S FACE of a woman (usually): to apply make-up → 1920s sl.
► FAKE THE FATCHA to shave; to put on makeup → 20C sl.
► FARCE to paint the face → c1400 obs.
► FARD to paint the face with ‘fard’; to hide defects and improve the complexion → a1450 obs.
► MUG UP to paint one’s face; to put make-up on → 1859 theatre sl. obs.
► PAINT to apply make up → 1382 UK sl.
► PAINT THE BARN to apply make up → 2002 Can. sl.
► PATCH UP to dress fashionably; to apply make-up → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► PRIME to make up the face, etc., with cosmetics → 1616 colloq., obs.
► PUT ON ONE’S FACE ► PUT ONE’S FACE ON usually of women: to put on makeup → 1950s sl.
► SLAP UP to apply make-up → M19 sl.
► STARCH to powder one’s face → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TART UP to adorn; to make attractive, esp. with cheap ornaments and cosmetics → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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