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frontlash

American  
[fruhnt-lash] / ˈfrʌntˌlæʃ /

noun

  1. an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.


Etymology

Origin of frontlash

1965–70; front + lash 1, modeled on backlash

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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 May 15, 2020

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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