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The slang term 'on fleek,' which went viral in 2014, was originally used to describe which part of the body?
Answer
Eyebrows
Teenager Kayla Newman (aka Peaches Monroe) used 'on fleek' to describe her eyebrows in a 2014 video, and the phrase quickly spread across social media.
💡 Did you know?
Millennials popularized 'on fleek' in 2014 via a single viral tweet about eyebrows, then Oxford Dictionaries named it 2014 Word of the Year—unusual for slang.
Other options people guess
- Lips
- Nails
- Hair
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- slang
- 2010s
- internet-culture
- language
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