Karenhood
English
Etymology
From Karen + -hood
Noun
Karenhood (uncountable)
- (informal) The condition of being a Karen ("a middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege").
- 2020 August 24, Luke Kenton, “Bizarre moment mask-less woman and her 'Karenette' daughter accuse passengers of racism as they are jeered and slow-clapped off Spirit Airlines flight”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2022-04-26:
- The mother and daughter in Golembeskiz's clip have fallen victim to Karenhood on TikTok, a pejorative slang term for white women displaying unjustified public displays of anger or entitlement.
- 2021 October 7, Nahila Bonfiglio, “'So you really going to post me on your TikTok': Cosmetics influencer exposes salty DMs from Karen customer”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:
- Some of @shiniquekosmetics' best videos veer away from body butter tasters and into genuine Karenhood, with several of her uploads detailing her conversations with irritating, entitled, or downright rude customers.
- 2021 October 21, Jessie Daniels, quoting Minal Hajratwala, Nice White Ladies, Basic Books, →ISBN:
- Drawing a straight line from lynching picnics to Karenhood, Daniels deconstructs the tiny daily behaviors of 'nice white ladies' that create structural racism across the United States today.
- 2022 April 21, Madeleine Holden, “The Spinoff: The rise and fall of 'Karen'”, in The New Zealand Herald, archived from the original on 2022-07-07:
- There were no obvious signs of Karenhood among the group, though: no inverted bobs with jarring blonde highlights, no telltale weirdness around the hut's nonwhite residents, no "I know it when I see it" vibes-based clues.
- 2022 April 22, Resmaa Menakem, The Quaking of America, Central Recovery Press, →ISBN:
- Other white bodies simply leave, and I experience their Karenhood or Kevinhood later. They send me long, accusatory letters and e-mails, citing various authorities, walking me through a list of their own credentials (PhDs they've earned, conference presentation they've done, etc.), and letting me know how righteous and offended they are, and how abominable I and my colleagues are.
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