cheugy
/ˈt͡ʃuːɡi/
cheugy adjective: uncool; tryhard.
Adjective
cheugy (comparative more cheugy or cheugier, superlative most cheugy or cheugiest)
- Uncool; tryhard.
- Alex Lugger, 32, a boat marketer in Springfield, Mo., said that she self identifies as a bit cheugy. (She also learned about the word through TikTok.) “We were basic in our 20s and now we’re cheugy in our 30s,” she said.2021 April 29, Taylor Lorenz, “What is ‘cheugy’? You know it when you see it”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2021, Style
- Derived from the notoriously cheugy “live, laugh, love,” the mantra “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” found its funny by lumping together online phenomena the internet hates most.2021 September 22, Carter Sawatzky, “An Autopsy Of #Girlboss Feminism”, in Mars' Hill, Trinity Western University, page 15
Forms of cheugy
| comparative | more cheugy |
|---|---|
| comparative | cheugier |
| superlative | most cheugy |
| superlative | cheugiest |
Origin of cheugy
Reportedly coined by American high school student Gaby Rasson in 2013 to describe "people who were slightly off trend" and subsequently popularized by her peers.
Words formed from cheugy
Words that rhyme with cheugy
Questions about cheugy
- What does cheugy mean?
- Cheugy means uncool; tryhard.
- What part of speech is cheugy?
- Cheugy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cheugy?
- Cheugy is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃuːɡi/.
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