frontlash
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of frontlash
Example Sentences
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As a TV critic and outsider to the frontlash and backlash, it feels a bit like trying to discuss “Girls” back in the day without everything becoming about people’s briefs for or against Lena Dunham.
From New York Times
Whether we call it backlash or "frontlash," underneath all of it is fear among white people about their standing at the top of the social hierarchy.
From Salon
“The force of the backlash is in some ways a tribute to the success of the frontlash,” she says.
From Time
New Jersey: Incumbent Harrison A. Williams Jr., 44, the state's first Democratic Senator since 1936, expects to profit from an anti-Barry "frontlash" in his second-term bid.
From Time Magazine Archive
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