Space Karen

English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

Coined with reference to Musk's company SpaceX and the pejorative sense of Karen (“a person exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement”).

Proper noun

Space Karen

  1. (derogatory) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
    Synonyms: Elmo, Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark
    • 2022 November 11, Chris Trottier (@atomicpoet@mastodon.social), Mastodon‎:
      By the way, journalists shouldn't use Twitter DMs either. They're not safe. Especially with Space Karen in charge.
    • 2022 December 16, MrMajestikness (@MrMajestikness@mastodon.social), Mastodon‎:
      Watching Space Karen burn Twitter down is actually quite funny 😂
    • 2023 February 1, Jason Allen (@JAllen@mstdn.social), Mastodon‎:
      it’s one of the key reasons I left the night Space Karen took over.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Space Karen.
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