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Karen is a pejorative term for a white woman seeming to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. The term also refers to memes depicting white women who use their privilege to demand their own way. Depictions also may include demanding to "speak to the manager", being racist or sporting a particular bob cut hairstyle. A notable example was the 2020 Central Park birdwatching incident.

For the term "Karen", several possible origins have been proposed. Early uses of Karen as a joke punchline include the airheaded character Karen (played by Amanda Seyfried) from the 2004 film Mean Girls, Dane Cook's 2005 sketch "The Friend Nobody Likes" on his album Retaliation, and a 2016 Internet meme regarding a woman in an ad for the Nintendo Switch console who exhibits antisocial behavior and is given the nickname "antisocial Karen". In December 2017, Karen memes regarding entitled women went viral on Reddit, karen, karens, karen meme, karen 2020, angry karen, worst karens, karen moments, karen freakouts, top karen moments, karen compilation, karen complaining, karen compilations, best karen moments, funny karen videos, funniest karen videos, karen's getting angry, best karen story, viral video, may, viral videos, vine, vines, funny, viral, try not to laugh challenge, daily spice of the internet, tiktok, tik tok, may 2020, funny 2020, funny video, cozy videos, funny vines the earliest being from user karmacop9, who ranted about his ex-wife Karen. The posts led to the creation of the subreddit r/fYouKaren, containing memes about the posts, and inspiring spinoffs including r/karen and r/EntitledKarens dedicated to criticizing Karens.