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What does ‘eyebrows snatched’ mean? The term used by Alex in The Circle explained


Don’t worry, no one’s snatching her eyebrows (Picture: Getty)

The internet’s always popularising one phrase after the other. By the time you learn what dead ting means, there’s another new thing coined to make you feel socially inadequate.

And the things you pick up might be telling of your personality (if you say ‘and I oop’ a lot, you may be a VSCO girl).

But sometimes the vernacular of a region just doesn’t reach you so it can be easy to miss out. Such is the case for Alex Hobern, the winner of last year’s Channel 4 reality show The Circle.

The social media comedian won the show after successfully convincing other contestants he was a woman called Kate, providing some real classic British TV for 2018.

Alex (pretending to be Kate) came across the phrase snatching eyebrows while having a girly chat with another contestant.

He admitted after the show that he had no idea what the term meant but he had to go along with the chat so he didn’t arouse suspicion.

We assume Alex mean ‘eyebrows snatched’ which derives from its popular cousin ‘wig snatched’.

Now, all those words might sound alien to you but you’ve probably heard some sort of variation of it. It’s basically the new ‘eyebrows on fleek’.

Are these eyebrows snatched? (Picture: Channel 4)

Luckily there are loads of tools online to teach you all the latest lingo so you don’t have to smile awkwardly when people use such phrases.

But handily for you, we’ve got an explainer right here so you don’t have to furtively Google ‘what does eyebrow snatching mean’.

According to Techlicious, the word snatched is the new fleek. ‘It’s used to describe anything that looks really good or on point. Anything from your eyebrows to your outfit can be snatched. If your eyebrows are slaying, they’re snatched. If your outfit is slaying, it’s snatched.’

Over on Urban Dictionary, it gives a bit more detail about the versatility of the line.

While it can be ‘used to take the place of “on fleek”, or perfect, on point or fashionable,’ it is also in reference to ‘a popular term in the gay community referring to good looks, fierceness, or something good’.

In another context, it can mean reacting to someone else’s epicness. So for example ‘Omg Beyoncé had me snatched with her pregnancy announcement and her Grammys preformance!’

But if you’re not the kind of person who regularly uses this lingo, it’ll certainly be pretty conspicuous.

So try to start small. Maybe begin by stanning a legend and then work your way up to a yaas kween.

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