"nobrow" meaning in English

See nobrow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nobrow [comparative], most nobrow [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} nobrow (comparative more nobrow, superlative most nobrow)
  1. Alternative form of no-brow Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: no-brow
    Sense id: en-nobrow-en-adj-O9R1eTdw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2005, Chris Turner, Planet Simpson […] , Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 140:",
          "text": "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 been subsumed into the one-stop-shopping megamall of pop.",
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