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[LoveMyBaby]

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@MoonieBaby wrote:

@Linmo 

I'll take it - I'm Karen (nicknamed Ko).

Karen and it's slang doesn't bother me ONE TEENY TINY LIL BIT - karenslang and the silliness behind it, is just that - silly and unimportant.

This particular middle aged white chick is made of much more than any slang thrown at me....it matters not.

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@MoonieBaby  Now, that's the attitude to have, bravo. 

[Caligurll]

I just ran across this on Facebook.  Apparently "Karen" stood her ground for a while even after other parking spots opened up.  I got distracted and didn't finish reading the article, but looks like the term "Karen" is here for a while.  It was a bit confusing trying to figure out who did what by reading the article.

I read that this tic toc has been viewed over 18 MILLION times since Sunday.

[FlowerBear]

It is funny, i have been hearing this for weeks now. If that was my name i would not be one bit upset and would think it is really funny

[sharlee]

I'll share another meme, only at least I know for sure how this one came about.

My given name is actually Sharon, and I discovered to my chagrin that in England, that is the ultimate trashy name for a woman. All because some stupid columnist, who isn't even alive anymore, used to run made-up stories about two checkout girls named Sharon and Tracey.

It's really out of control over there - you can be prejudged very harshly if you're unlucky enough to be named Sharon (or Tracey, I suppose.)  I read a novel recently where the heroine is disclosing her less-than-savory background, and her welfare-dependent mother who spends on all the wrong things, and she says, "Her name's even Sharon!"

Anyway, if anyone cares to read more about it, there's a 2013 article from The New Statesman called "The Curse of Being Called Sharon."

At least in the USA, it's just a very common boomer name, thank goodness.

[pigletsmom]

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@MoonieBaby wrote:

@Linmo 

I'll take it - I'm Karen (nicknamed Ko).

Karen and it's slang doesn't bother me ONE TEENY TINY LIL BIT - karenslang and the silliness behind it, is just that - silly and unimportant.

This particular middle aged white chick is made of much more than any slang thrown at me....it matters not.

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A non-Karen Karen! Woot! 

[lovescats]

a columnist in the local paper wrote an obnoxious column on this but used the name Marge instead of Karen   I'll be interested in seeing if anyone writes a letter to the editor because I don't think the columnist got that she was being just as unpleasant as the people and incidents she was writing about  

[ValuSkr]

Funnily enough, I know a couple Karens and both fit the definition.

[Ladybug724]

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@Pearlee wrote:
@moonandthestarsIt has been in a particular news story since Memorial Day. The incident occurred in Central Park so you can Google it; it's been heavily reported in the NY Post. It is a hot topic so best not to go into details here.

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No. This is not when this started. It started long before the incident you're talking about, her name just happens to be Karen.

[shoptilyadropagain]

Where the heck have I been?????? I've never heard this term and obviously didn't know the meaning.  But.....hey.....I'm known about "Bye Felicia" for several years now.