单词 | street-credible |
释义 | street-credibleadj. colloquial. That possesses street credibility; accepted or approved of by ordinary people, especially young urban people. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [adjective] > in popular culture street cred1979 street-credible1984 1984 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 16/4 I await with baited breath the arrival of ‘caring-profession’, ‘street-credible’ and ‘yuppie’ in the next volume.] 1984 Economist (Nexis) 24 Nov. 97 The British media has enjoyed painting Mr Branson as a unique kind of new businessman... And behind the street-credible image is a good, hard-headed businessman. 1993 Guardian 1 Oct. ii. 3/4 Besides handling..such design luminaries as Katherine Hamnett and Jean-Paul Gautier, she has managed to make street-credible must-haves out of such unpromising products as Brylcreem and Asda. 2000 P. Wilson Mind the Gap xii. 186 This is a vehicle for the street-credible, physically fit, sexually assured lad about town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1984 |
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