By analogy with Ken of “Barbie and Ken” fame.
1. (
Slang, potentially derogatory) The Prom King. The most popular guy in high school. The other half of the perfect couple (with the Prom
Queen)
2. (Derogatory) A teenage boy who only dates stereotypical popular girls (“Barbies”)
2b. May also apply to a boy who constantly hits on these girls despite them being “out of his league”.
3. (Derogatory) A
man who engages in the same behavior as sense 2 with stereotypically beautiful / ditzy women
3b. The same as sense 2b applied to a
man4. (Derogatory, offensive) An effeminate
man
Those were the days when I had it all...
star quarterback,
dating the captain of the cheer
squad, unanimously voted Prom King, all the geeks bowed down to me...yep, I was the Ken without a doubt.