hunter eyes

noun

A man's eyes that are relatively hooded, elongated and recessed into the skull, believed by incels to be particularly attractive to women.

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nounhunter eyes pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyincel slangA man's eyes that are relatively hooded, elongated and recessed into the skull, believed by incels to be particularly attractive to women.

    But according to incels, there are very clear male beauty standards: wide cheek bones, hunter eyes, thick eyebrows, a square chin, a symmetric nose, rugged jawline and a lean body.

    2023, Julia Ebner, Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over
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    You might call this a “fox eye” or “cat eye” shape – the idea is that men with hunter eyes are sexier to women as they resemble apex predators like tigers and cheetahs, and therefore look like they could protect them. (As opposed to, you know, eating them.)

    2023 June 7, Ruchira Sharma, “Women Want One Thing in Men, and It's 'Hunter Eyes'”, in VICE, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2023
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