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sleeveface en · NOUN

Etymology

From sleeve (“a protective jacket or case”) + face.

Meanings

  1. A photograph in which a record sleeve is intentionally placed to create the illusion of the cover art blending into the scene (especially a face or other body part on an album cover obscuring and seeming to replace the same part on a person in the photograph).
    • The fad has been sweeping the Internet, with sleevefaces popping up on Facebook and art sites. 2009 December 13, Debby Abe, “A new hope for old vinyl”, in The Olympian:

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