unibrow

[ yoo-nuh-brou ]

noun

1. a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them:

   He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.

unibrow

/ ˈjuːnɪˌbraʊ /

noun

1. informal.
   a single eyebrow created when the two eyebrows meet in the middle above the bridge of the nose

Word History and Origins

Origin of unibrow¹

First recorded in 1985–90; uni- + brow

Example Sentences

He describes himself at the “Happy Days” audition as “a short Jew from New York City with a unibrow and hair down to my shoulders, confident about next to nothing in my life.”

From Washington Times

Culturally, changes have been made for the better, and while some may see it as unfortunate that so-called cancel culture or "wokeness" keeps people in line, whether they can find it within themselves to inherently be that way or not, I am happy to be in a place where I can sit down to write about how I'm in love with someone's unibrow and be fairly confident in my ability to do it in a way that won't bring shame to my name in 10 more years down the road.

From Salon

"Watching Season 2 of 'The Bear' with my mom was wrong because all she talks about is Claire's 'almost unibrow' and how she needs to wax her eyebrows," tweets @yung_bratty.

From Salon

"Need to know why they thought the unibrow looked okay on Claire in The Bear," writes @gracepaImer.

From Salon

Up against the air-brushed gleam of the "Sex and the City" continuation, "And Just Like That …" featuring a cast that has not aged out of toeing the line of impossible to achieve beauty standards, Claire's high-definition unibrow is exciting to see in a way that mid-30s me would not have had proper words for.

From Salon