face control en · NOUN
Etymology
From Russian фейсконтро́ль (fejskontrólʹ), from English face + control, a pseudo-anglicism.
Meanings
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(Russia, qualifier:Greece, uncountable) 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.
Slava Kaz, however, was not impressed. They were young. The girls weren’t all that pretty. And look at him, look at his shoes. It was a quick calculation. They did not pass face control. […] In Moscow, a strict face control policy is respected as a necessary and proper part of going out.
2009 September 25, Joshua Yaffa, “Barbarians at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2012:
Translations (4)
be фэйскантро́ль (policy of restricting nightclub entry based on bouncer's snap judgment) · ru фейсконтро́ль (policy of restricting nightclub entry based on bouncer's snap judgment) · uk фейсконтро́ль (policy of restricting nightclub entry based on bouncer's snap judgment) · ka ფეისკონტროლი (policy of restricting nightclub entry based on bouncer's snap judgment)