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nobrow

nobrow is the alternative form of no-brow.

Meaning of no-brow

Adjective

no-brow (comparative more no-brow, superlative most no-brow)

  1. Completely devoid of cultural or educational value.
    • From no-brow beginnings, when BSG [Battlestar Galactica] still had to prove it had outwitted the shonky source material, the show gained cult respect and a few more viewers by the second year.2008 April 15, Daniel Martin, “How will Battlestar Galactica end?”, in The Guardian
  2. Located outside the traditional taste hierarchy, blending highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow.
    • The Simpsons is pure Nobrow, able to slide as effortlessly as Bob himself from slide-whistling slapstick to talk of Susan Sontag, and ultimately oblivious to any prejudicial classifications. It's not such much that lowbrow bludgeoned highbrow to death with a dozen rakes; it's that both of them have...2005, Chris Turner, Planet Simpson […] , Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 140

Forms of nobrow

comparativemore nobrow
superlativemost nobrow

Questions about nobrow

What is nobrow the alternative form of?
Nobrow is the alternative form of no-brow.

Words near nobrow in the dictionary

  1. nobrainers
  2. Nobrega
  3. Nobregas
  4. Nobriga
  5. Nobrigas
  6. nobrow
  7. nobs
  8. nobuddy
  9. nobudy
  10. Nobuhisa
  11. Nobuko

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