lit-crit

American  

[lit-krit] / ˈlɪtˌkrɪt /

noun

Informal.

1. literary criticism.

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Etymology

Origin of lit-crit

By shortening

Example Sentences

I once wrote a term paper for a lit-crit course where I “deconstructed” the MTV program “Pimp My Ride.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 21, 2017

Martin notes that Child was thinking about an “enjambment,” the lit-crit term for a phrase in a poem that runs over into a second line.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2016

But now I’ll hit pause on the armchair lit-crit to simply marvel at how entertaining—if dark—this premiere was.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2013

What blogs can give readers is a sense of trust that, in professional circles, only the biggest lit-crit names – such as James Wood or Michiko Kakutani – can attain: a "criticism with personality".

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2012

When he is being cynical, which is more than half the time, Lentz intends merely to stuff "the most complex and extensive neural simulator ever trained" with prepackaged, fake hermeneutics and suitably foggy lit-crit catchphrases.

From Time Magazine Archive