Per pages on Wikipedia.org and Dicrionary.com about the name in this survey's title as it's used in current vernacular English speech , "Karen is a slang term often used to describe a middle-aged women who is perceived as obnoxious, angry, and entitled, particularly in situations involving public interactions." Both sources cite its origin in African-American use on Twitter.com (now X.com) as dismissive of Caucasian women exhibiting the aforementioned characteristics, behavior, and attitudes. Per Wikipedia, the tern has, therefore, " has been criticized by some as racist, sexist, ageist, classist, and controlling women's behavior." Other linguistics scholars posit that the term has roots in a 2005 bit by comedian Dane Cook, "The Friend Nobody Likes" (whose name is Karen) and a character in the 1990 movie Good Fellas. Apart from its skin color association, does the above description of a Karen sync with your perception of who should be called one?

Though the term has been ovewhelmingly used against women, men have been called Karens, too. Some reading this will likely be unsurprised, even gratified, that US President Donald Trump and Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk are among the men called Karens in the press. Do you know personally any men you'd call Karens?

From this poll's title, you'd be right to believe that I believe male Karens deserve their own pejorative name-turned-insult. The easiest route to go toward that end might be to find a men's name starting with K. I nominate Kyle. Another way to determine an apt name to call men who exhibit Karen'terisrics is to find the third most-given name to boys born in 1965, just as Karen was the third most popular moniker for girls born that year (per Wikipedia and here: https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/united-states/1965)l; that would be David. Which do you prefer?

Speaking of both Karenism and the sexes, do you believe appropriately aggravating and disagreeable people identifying as transexual should have their own Karen-adjacent designation(s)?