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Any DU members named Karen? (Original Post)
canetoad
Jun 2020
OP
Oops. C.P. woman was named Amy. I don't know where the Karen meme came from.
lamp_shade
Jun 2020
#15
Hestia
(3,818 posts)1. Hate it
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)2. Seriously?
Have you missed the last two dozen threads about this?
canetoad
(17,167 posts)3. No I haven't.
What's your point?
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)4. My point is that there have been a gazillion posts on this.
Maybe use the search feature?
canetoad
(17,167 posts)5. Is your name Karen? nt
Nor was I born yesterday.
Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)6. There are two of those still trending on the first page of gd,
assuming you really are interested.
TexasTowelie
(112,236 posts)9. Yes, my sister is a member. nt
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)10. Hate it. It's my daughter's name. nt
lamp_shade
Congressional Black Caucus chair Karen Bass being vetted to be Biden running mate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-running-mate-karen-bass-vetting-black-caucus-chair/
Congressional Black Caucus chair Karen Bass being vetted to be Biden running mate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-running-mate-karen-bass-vetting-black-caucus-chair/
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)13. I wish that Central Park woman had a different name.
I don't ignore "Karen" posts.... I just don't "kick" "rec" or "like" them.
Cha
(297,285 posts)14. Which Central
Park woman do you mean?
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)15. Oops. C.P. woman was named Amy. I don't know where the Karen meme came from.
Cha
(297,285 posts)16. If you google it there's
a lot of different reasons. But I didn't click on any.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)17. I think Dictionary.com has a good explanation
WHERE DOES KAREN COME FROM?
Karen joins a trend on the internet in the 2010s of using a first name to make fun of certain kinds of people. A Becky, for example, is a stereotype for a basic young, white woman, while a Chad, in other corners of the internet, stands in for a cocky, young dudebro.
But, why the name Karen? Karen has widely been credited to Black Twitter in the 2010s. Another suggestion is that it comes from a 2005 bit by Dane Cook called The Friend Nobody Likes. (The friend was named Karen.) An additional explanation is that it comes from the character Karen in the 2004 film Mean Girls, whos the subject of the popular quote: Oh my God, Karen, you cant just ask someone why theyre white. Its even been put forth that Karen comes from the even earlier 1990 film Goodfellas, in which one of the characters is named Karen.
Whatever the origin of the slang, the name Karen, apparently, is popularly thought of as a generic-seeming name for a middle-aged white woman of a certain generation. According to Social Security data, Karen was indeed the fourth most popular name for newborn girls in the 1960s, peaking at #3 in 1965.
(Snip)
Karen further spread in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and protests for racial justice. White women in viral videosengaging in what was criticized as selfish or racist behaviorwere shamed as Karens. The mayor of Las Vegas, for example, was called a Karen when, in a TV interview, she pushed to reopen casinos without social distancing despite warnings otherwise. Another notable instance was Central Park Karen, the epithet for a white woman who called the police on a Black man who was birdwatching in the Manhattan park, falsely accusing him of threatening her.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/karen/
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)18. Hey.... thanks Jon.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)19. I blame Goodfellas
Uhh...Karen?
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)20. Me Too
Iggo
(47,558 posts)21. It's rude to ask people their real names on an anonymous message board
So many Karen threads, so little time.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)25. It'll die when the outrage dies.
Ask my friend Becky...lol.
Wawannabe
(5,661 posts)22. Heard on the radio last night
Is your name Karen?
This aint your year!
Sorry, girl!
I did chuckle
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)24. Janice in accounting don't give a fuck.
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Kid Berwyn
(14,908 posts)26. Karenina DU Superstar
Outstanding human being, brilliant, kind, beautiful an educator.