A Karen is usually a middle-aged woman regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity that pushes there beliefs, lifestyle and opinions on others in an egotistical, passionate and dictatorial way.
"Bro, Im legally disabled and this lady came up to me and questioned my authoritization to park in the handicap zone."
"F*** that b***, sounds like a miserable Karen (Slang) that has nothing better to do than bother people and there business."
Benefitting from public investments made in the past, while preventing similar public investments being made for others in the future.
Karen: "I just don't understand why we need to expand the city's old sewer infrastructure, we never used to have capacity issues when I moved here."
Person: "So you didn't pay for the infrastructure built before you came here?"
Karen: "No, it was already here and it worked just fine! I shouldn't have to pay for something I don't need!"
Person: "You are creating a Karen Sandwich, and all that will be left in the future is a pile of shit."
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.