Published May 4, 2021 Updated May 6, 2021, 10:35 am CDT
There’s a new word making its way around online to describe aggressively basic Millennial girlboss culture. And thanks to TikTok, “cheugy” (pronounced “chew-gee” or “choog-ee”) is already spreading like wildfire.
What does cheugy mean?
In a nutshell, “cheugy” refers to a certain type of young woman who draws inspo from Pinterest; loves pumpkin spice or autumn anything; identifies with wine (particularly rosé) as a personality trait; seeks out clothing and home goods featuring inspirational “live, laugh love” type of quotes; and who lives and breathes the lyrics of music by Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift.
TikTok: What is Cheugy? New slang to describe millennials explained
If you’ve been online in the past week, you may have noticed a new word floating around on social media, and that word is “cheugy.”
Pronounced “chew- gee” the word has gathered large amounts of attention after a TikTok user introduced her followers to the word online and gained over 600 thousand views.
Cheugy is a word you can add to your vocabulary if you’ve been searching for something to describe things, clothes, or even Instagram captions which just happen to be a bit outdated.
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NEW YORK, May 1 If you don’t already say ‘cheugy,’ pronounced chew-gee, put it on your list of words to know. The term, which can refer to a way of dressing, eating, or even living in society, is spreading like wildfire on TikTok in the United States and will soon be arriving in Europe..
What Is âCheugyâ? You Know It When You See It.
Out of touch? Basic? A new term to describe a certain aesthetic is gaining popularity on TikTok.
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Published April 29, 2021Updated April 30, 2021
âOK TikTok, I have a new word for you that my friends and I use that you clearly are all in need of,â Hallie Cain, 24, a copywriter in Los Angeles says in a TikTok posted on March 30.
In the video, she gestures to another video of a girl who is describing âthe type of people who get married at 20 years oldâ or have millennial âgirlboss energyâ and who wonders: What do we call this kind of person?
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