Karen

A middle aged (usually caucasian) woman with a unhappy homelife who takes her frustrations out on store clerks and restaurant employees, because she doesn't have the nerve to stand up to her husband/boyfriend or has no control over her children. Her favorite thing to do is to hold up a long line while trying to return something she bought 2 years ago with no tag or receipt and expecting cash back.

That Karen's holding up the line! Who does she think she is?!

by Goodjuju79 October 17, 2020

Karen

Those psycho, loony, racist, poorly educated white women running around screaming at random people that aren't white. They are usually middle aged, has a short temper, extremely demanding, and always wants to speak to the manager. You can tell them off by their short, blond haircut.

if you're not white and you see a karen, run for your life.

by xxdickyboyxx June 27, 2020

Dr. Karen

Usually blonde with glasses, tries to act young but looks like they're deep into their late forties. Cries in the middle of surgery when she finds out her child got hurt on the playground and shows that awkward weakness in a professional setting either trying to gain attention or sympathy. Demands you call her Dr. So-and-so with a minor in Gender Studies while some doctors are like 'Call me Ben. Call me Josh. Call me Mike.' Her favorite cartoon character is a yellow pill with one or two eyeballs. If she asks the tech to burp the DaVinci robot and they ask her to repeat herself because she mumbles, she will email the director saying that the tech does not know how to use the DaVinci Robot.

The Anesthesiologist variant of this is the same: Blonde with glasses, never smiles with RBF and when things go down and you run your hardest to get blood from the blood bank and doing the procedure of reading the patient name, blood type, DOB and serial number three times, Dr. Karen will still think you walked and took a break.

Don't socialize or mingle with Dr. Karens. They're miserable.

"Dr. Karen threw a tantrum when I took only 2 minutes to get blood from the blood bank thinking I should've gotten it just like that. She's like a spoiled 5-year-old brat who wants things handed to her immediately and if she doesn't get her way, she'll throw a tantrum."

by Josephchen666 June 18, 2025

Karen

a person that thinks they are the shit. They don’t gotta listen to nobody. A person that is a type of yes i’m the shit i own everyone.

she’s such a karen 🙄

by urmuffukinbitchassholemofo June 9, 2020

Karen-up

Karen-up or Karened-up. When a person who identifies as female morphs from a normal person to a Karen. This can mean they went into full Karen mode, made facial expressions that resembled a Karen, or otherwise adopted Karen-like characteristics. It can be an adjective or a verb.

Adjective: Courtney would karen-up her face before yelling at a cashier.
Verb: Emily karened-up her lips when she got angry in traffic.

by Beavmetal November 20, 2023

Karen

1) Knowledgeable Actor Reporting Edict Non-compliance

2) A phobic, controlling busybody (note: not necessarily a woman, notwithstanding that Karen is a common female name)

Various Karens howl to management about the Receipt-checker NOT wearing his face mask over both his mouth AND his nose the way he's SUPPOSED TO to protect shoppers from becoming infected with the germs he's breathing all over the store.

by The Lad from Glad July 3, 2020

Karen

Karen, usually white, racist, and blonde, argues with everyone that she disagrees with. Has no love life and is an entitled middle aged overweight piece of trash.

Is Karen telling my manager about me getting her order wrong?

by JapaneseGay July 26, 2020