Eyebrows on Fleek

About

"Eyebrows on Fleek" is a memorable quote uttered by Viner Peaches Monroe in a selfie video to show off her stylishly groomed eyebrows.

Origin

On June 21st, 2014, Viner Peaches Monroee uploaded a video in which she speaks to the camera while sitting in a car and announces that her eyebrows are "on fleek" (shown below). In the first five months, the video gained over 20 million plays, 492,000 likes and 411,000 revines.

"We in this bitch. Finna get crunk. Eyebrows on fleek. Da fuq."

Etymology

The earliest known definition of the term "fleek" was submitted by Urban Dictionary user Dan Blue on October 2nd, 2003, defining the term as "smooth, nice, sweet." On December 1st, 2009, Urban Dictionary user Alycyn submitted another entry for "fleek," defining it as a synonym for "awesome."^[6][7]

Spread

The following day, Peaches Monroee uploaded a new Vine in which she yells "My eyebrows on fleek bitch!" (shown below).

On July 29th, YouTuber^[1] Kevin Gadsden Jr. reuploaded the original "eyebrows on fleek" video, which received upwards of 1.1 million views and 1,000 comments in the next four months. On August 17th, 2014, Viner Ariana Slays uploaded a clip of singer Ariana Grande with a musical rendition of Peaches Monroee's video dubbed over the original audio (shown below). In one month, the video gathered more than 83,000 likes and 49,000 revines.

On September 9th, the Ariana Slays Vine was listed as one of the "25 Best Vines of Summer 2014" by Complex.^[2] On October 21st, the International House of Pancakes Twitter^[4] feed tweeted the phrase "Pancakes on fleek," which accumulated over 27,300 retweets and 18,500 favorites in the next three weeks (shown below).

On November 4th, model Kim Kardashian posted a photograph of herself with bleached eyebrows on Instagram^[5] with the hashtag "#EyebrowsOnFleek" (shown below). On November 5th, the shopping blog Racked^[3] published an article about the spread of the "eyebrows on fleek" meme.

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