[词典讨论] Karen（卡伦）的俚语意义，爱起英文名字的要小心哦

Karen
Karen is the perfect woman. She has no flaw. She's funny, sweet, smart as hell, and above all, she is extremely gorgeous. She doesn't let anyone push her around and she has a great personality. She has some awesome goals set and always wins my heart. Has great taste in guys. Don't listen to what the other jack-off put. Everybody loves Karen.

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HOW KARENS FEEL ABOUT THE TERM

So how do actual people named Karen feel about this?

Sun told CNN no one has ever seriously called them a "Karen." Sure it comes up, they said, and sometimes they use it jokingly. But they don't think it's a slur at all.

"There's no real systemic oppression there," they said. "It won't prevent you from getting married, or getting health care, you're just acting entitled and rude and that's why you're getting called a 'Karen.'"

Karen is a term used in the United States for a woman perceived to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is considered appropriate or necessary. A common stereotype is that of a racist white woman who uses her privilege to get her own way at the expense of others. Depictions also include demanding to "speak to the manager", being an anti-vaxxer, or having a particular bob cut hairstyle. As of 2020, the pejorative has increasingly been used as a general-purpose term of disapproval for middle-aged upper-middle-class white women.

Green's Dictionary of Slang
Karen n.

[the stereotyping of the given name as (upper-)middle-class (in US)]
(orig. US) an over-privileged (upp-)middle-class mother, stereotyped as invariably demanding to ‘see the manager’ when unhappy with service, e.g. in a supermarket, by a person of colour.

2018
        Urban Dict. 13 Mar. [Internet] karen typically never a name given to a baby but somehow karen always turns up asking to see the manager.
2020
        Guardian 13 Apr. [Internet] ‘Karen’ is commonly used in the US to refer to a strident middle-class white woman who talks down to people of colour, usually in serving-staff positions.

Karen
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• Current frequencies: GB 61, Ireland 4
• GB frequency 1881: 1
1 Irish or Manx: unexplained.
Early bearers: Henry Karen, 1600 in IGI (Padstow, Cornwall); Francis Karen, 1629 in IGI (East Newlyn, Cornwall); John Karen, 1784 in IGI (Douglas, IoM); Mart Karen in Census 1841 (IoM); Edward Karen in Census 1851 (Renfrews); Patt Karen, born in Ireland, in Census 1871 (Staffs); Patrick Karen, born in Dublin, Ireland, in Census 1901 (London). 2 The rapid increase in frequency of this name during the second half of the 20th century may be due to immigration, but if this is right, the source is unidentified: perhaps the Karen people from SE Burma.