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(thing) by Pseudo_Intellectual (2.6 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:39:06

Like eyelashes, present to prevent dirt, dust and other crazy crap from sliding down your forehead and into your eyes. Traditionally, having one eyebrow - that is, a uni-brow, like the nemesis of Maggy Simpson - is a sign of lycanthropy.

Mentats have long long eyebrows, and so does a prominent Japanese politician.

I want to transplant my goatee to where my eyebrows are so I can intimidate people even more when I waggle them Groucho Marx-style.

(idea) by baffo (2.5 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Apr 28 2000 at 1:14:41

Raising one eyebrow conveys a lot of concepts, all of them unpleasant, including but not limited to contempt, sarcastic compassion and disapproval. The master of that is certainly my mother, that likes to do it without one word of comment. She just looks, raises, lowers, and changes the subject.
My SO has been eyebrow-raised a couple of time, and deeply resents it. I, being the son of my mother, have managed to develop:

1" thick skin, not pierced by mere eyebrow waggling.
Ability to raise eyebrows (developed with a bit of exercise in front of a mirror).

I guess that your family environment really does influence you deeply.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:34:48

Eye"brow` (?), n.

The brow or hairy arch above the eye.

Shak.

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unibrow	lycanthropy	eyebrow piercings	eyebrows
Mentat	raised eyebrows	Brow	Japanese
Eyelash	goatee	shaving	Maggie Simpson
Chinese eye exercises	The Nation's Eyebrows are Revolting	Getting free pizza	What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt?
Groucho Marx	How to give a hug	Nemesis	politician
Sally Simpson	probably	Cushion	The Simpsons

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