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lowbrow

[loh-brau, loh-brau] / ˈloʊˌbraʊ, ˈloʊˈbraʊ /






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The latest chapter in the lowbrow but lucrative "Minions" franchise debuted atop the North American box office this weekend, edging out another popular animation series in "Toy Story," industry estimates showed Sunday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

The biggest appeal of these lowbrow collections—one reader recalls a co-worker telling his kids that souvenir was French for crap—are instant memories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Highbrow or lowbrow, we have gathered here to serve humanity’s darkest impulses.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

The very name conjures images of sweltering summer picnics, soggy sandwiches and a kind of lowbrow indulgence we don’t like to admit we enjoy.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025

Eliminating those unfamiliar with the Stooges’ slapstick, physical, lowbrow comedy, I found that an overwhelming 8 percent of my sample admitted to such an indulgence.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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