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Why middlebrow then, and not lowbrow? Honest question, from a non-native speaker.
by julien_c 14y ago
Why middlebrow then, and not lowbrow? Honest question, from a non-native speaker.
- natep 14y agoI first saw the term middlebrow in that thread, and I'm still not sure how i feel about the term, but "lowbrow" refers to completely non-intellectual things, and would not appeal at all to someone that values intellectual thinking. I hadn't heard the term until that comment thread, but apparently it has its own Wikipedia page, and has been around since 1925.
- enraged_camel 14y agoBecause middlebrow posts appear intellectual on their surface. They are not quite lowbrow. But they aren't highbrow either, for the reasons explained.