unibrow
eyebrows that meet together above the nose
TRANSLATION
unibrow = zusammengewachsene Augenbrauen --- GOOGLE INDEX unibrow: approximately 1,300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Along with some spectacularly hairy moles, Nanny McPhee touts a bulbous nose, a UNIBROW and one colossal front tooth...
(Washington Post)
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Woman describes robber as having a UNIBROW
(San Francisco Chronicle - News Headline)
(Washington Post)
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Woman describes robber as having a UNIBROW
(San Francisco Chronicle - News Headline)
Did you
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unibrow
noun
- a pair of eyebrows that meet above the nose, giving the appearance of a single eyebrow
adjective = unibrowed
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Several decades ago most people would not have dared to talk about unibrows. They were just one of those things that some people - chiefly men - have. To talk about them would have been inappropriate.
Nowadays we maintain hardly any secrets. Reality television shows expose every facet of our lives and celebrities go public with the most intimate details of their lives. World football star David Beckham admitted that he enjoys massages, facials and regularly has his eyebrows plucked.
Some men undergo "manscaping," which involves removing excess body hair, perhaps because they want to look like one of those nearly hairless young men frequently seen in perfume commercials.
In any case, getting rid of a unibrow (also called a monobrow) is not easy. So-called waxing, as well as plucking the hairs one-by-one with tweezers, is laborious and painful. The only permanent solution is electrolysis, which involves inserting a small electrified needle into the hair follicle to destroy growth tissue. Maybe it's better to simply live by the motto, "Be proud, be different!"
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I used to be self-conscious about my unibrow, but now that I'm older I don't care what people think."
noun
- a pair of eyebrows that meet above the nose, giving the appearance of a single eyebrow
adjective = unibrowed
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Several decades ago most people would not have dared to talk about unibrows. They were just one of those things that some people - chiefly men - have. To talk about them would have been inappropriate.
Nowadays we maintain hardly any secrets. Reality television shows expose every facet of our lives and celebrities go public with the most intimate details of their lives. World football star David Beckham admitted that he enjoys massages, facials and regularly has his eyebrows plucked.
Some men undergo "manscaping," which involves removing excess body hair, perhaps because they want to look like one of those nearly hairless young men frequently seen in perfume commercials.
In any case, getting rid of a unibrow (also called a monobrow) is not easy. So-called waxing, as well as plucking the hairs one-by-one with tweezers, is laborious and painful. The only permanent solution is electrolysis, which involves inserting a small electrified needle into the hair follicle to destroy growth tissue. Maybe it's better to simply live by the motto, "Be proud, be different!"
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I used to be self-conscious about my unibrow, but now that I'm older I don't care what people think."
