StatusConfirmedType:YearOriginUnknownTags,Additional ReferencesAboutKaren is a term used as an antagonistic female character in. 'Karen' is generally characterized as an irritating, entitled woman, sometimes as an ex-wife who took custody of 'the kids.' OriginWhile it's unclear where exactly 'Karen' began seeing use as a pejorative character, it perhaps started with the meme from. Perfect world games wiki. Others believe that the popularity of the name may come from the character Karen from the 1989 gangster film Goodfellas (clip below). SpreadOne of the earliest widespread examples was.

On October 20th, 2016, released the first trailer for the (shown below).In the trailer, a woman brings the Switch to a rooftop party. That day, user joematar posted a joke about the woman arriving at the party with the caption “Oh shit, Karen brought her stupid Nintendo thing to the party again. We’re DRINKING, Karen. We’re having CONVERSATIONS.” As of December 27th, 2017, the post has over 23,000 notes (shown below).On December 7th, 2017, the /r/FuckYouKaren was created, and has over 57,000 subscribers as of December 27th, 2018. The subreddit is devoted to mocking the character in jokes that characterize 'Karen' as annoying. Many jokes revolve around the character having a indicating her character (examples shown below).On March 18th, 2018, user Cody Kolodziejzyk posted a definition of 'Karen' as an annoying middle-aged white woman.In late 2018, a series of jokes spread in which 'Karen' is an ex-wife had taken the kids in a custody battle, many of which appear in the meme.

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On December 24th, 2018, Redditor ashleyallday posted an inquiry to about the jokes, pointing to two examples (shown below).#AndThenKarenSnappedOn January 20th, 2020, the #AndThenKaenSnapped began trending after user @RiotGrlErin first tweeted the hashtag after the stating 'The Apps were cold' (shown below, left). Twitter users began using the hashtag to tweet comedic scenarios in which the Karen character would get frustrated. Twitter user @MunaNawabit1 tweeted, 'Found out that the study they funded to prove vaccines cause autism proved that vaccines don’t cause autism #AndThenKarenSnapped' and garnered over 9,300 likes and 2,300 retweets in a day (show below, right).That day, Twitter user @DeadStillPretty tweeted, '#AndThenKarenSnapped When Karen demanded to speak to the manager and I told her I AM the manager' (shown below).

The tweet garnered over 2,800 likes and 290 retweets in a day.When Karen demanded to speak to the manager and I told her I AM the manager — Queen Bee (@DeadStillPretty)Various ExamplesSearch Interest.