Not a day goes past on TikTok without Gen-Z taking the piss out of millennials and now they’ve got a whole new word for it – cheugy. Side partings, live laugh love signs, chevron prints, Minion memes, a weird love of Disney after the age of eight, matching his and hers towels, yeah these things are all basic and millennial, but now they’re also considered cheugy.
Cheugy is kinda an extension of basic but it’s a very specific aesthetic and you can probably picture someone you know who you would describe as cheugy. They’ve probably got a wine glass with a girl boss font on it and still think Instagram is the most relevant social media platform.
Last week, the
New York Times did a deep dive on the confusing descriptive term “cheugy” (pronounced “chew-gee,” with a hard g ) that is being used all over TikTok and social media.
In the NYT article, author Taylor Lorenz writes that the word “cheugy” is used “to describe someone who is out of date or trying too hard,” and clarified that “although a lot of cheugy things are associated with millennial women, the term can be applied to anyone of any gender and any age.”
What Does Cheugy mean?
According to Urban Dictionary, cheugy is defined as “the opposite of trendy. Stylish in middle school and high school but no longer in style. Used when someone still follows these out of date trends. This may include but not be limited to fashion, habits on social media, usage of slang, etc.”
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.
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BEVERLY HILLS On Monday, April 26 around 4:20 p.m. two female students were robbed outside Beverly Hills High School. This transpired right outside the High school at the intersection of Lasky and Moreno Drive. The police arrested 20-year-old Chakyra Sanford on Thursday, April 29 in Compton according to the Beverly Hills police department. A gold necklace was reported as stolen from a student and a cellphone was attempted to be stolen from another. No weapons have been reported to be used within this robbery.
The other suspect who was with Sanford is still on the run. The police arrived at the scene two minutes after the crime transpired according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. They were able to track the vehicle, and after obtaining a search warrant they searched Sanford’s car and residence where they found the necklace.
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.
Credit.@CheugLife
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?