Karen
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Karens,
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Karen
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a group of people of eastern and southern Myanmar (Burma).
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one of these people.
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the language of the Karen, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sino-Tibetan family.
adjective
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Also Karin a first name, form of Katherine.
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Informal: Disparaging.
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a white, usually middle-class woman who is rude, demanding, and aggressive toward other people, particularly customer service workers.
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a person acting in an aggressive, entitled, rude way.
He went full Karen on the poor store manager and threatened to get her fired.
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noun
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a member of a Thai people of Myanmar
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the language of this people, probably related to Thai and belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family
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In a statement, Mayor Karen Bass’ office said it had not yet seen the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Karen MacCormick from the company says waste incineration is a greener option than landfill because it can also generate electricity.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Solomon Rivera left a $272,000-a-year job advising Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dr Karen Wood, associate professor at the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University, agrees and says the trio "are now really starting to feel a bit more settled".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Alabama's state constitution still prohibited the practice in 1986 when Walter met Karen Kelly.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
On one side are so-called trail Karens, who monitor online web cameras and question why the forest service isn’t ticketing “ignorant and selfish” rule breakers who are hiking the mountain anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
I've also had experiences with what we are now calling Karens.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
Karens for Hire, which includes two other part-time advocates and a lawyer on retainer, has received more than 2,300 requests for help since it launched last spring.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022
"This pilot deserves a raise for dealing with entitled Karens while doing his job," tweeted Christina Pushaw, who is the press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.
From Fox News ● Jan. 9, 2022
Soon after they had settled down some Karens invited Mr. Boardman to visit them.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Henry Charles Moore
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