strident ˈstraɪdnt adjective
1. unpleasantly loud and harsh
2. conspicuously and offensively loud
3. being sharply insistent on being heard
4. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a passage
The word strident has appeared in 109 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 19 in “Prada Creates Genuine Pants Anxiety,” by Jacob Gallagher. The article describes the “shock” caused by models on a fashion show runway in tightfitting pants among audience members wearing loose and baggy pants:
Backstage after the show, Raf Simons, one half of the creative team that designs Prada, stressed that he and Miuccia Prada were not making any strident declarations. The slim silhouette, a resounding echo of men’s fashion of the 2000s, simply felt right for this particular collection. “We try to not really dictate something or make a theory,” said Mr. Simons, who himself was in some free-fitting pants.
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