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sad beige

sad beige noun: a parenting aesthetic which involves earthy and neutral colours as well as minimalist decor.

Noun

sad beige (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, neologism, usually) A parenting aesthetic which involves earthy and neutral colours as well as minimalist decor.
    • Ms. Kyne joins a wave of parents eschewing bright and stereotypically gendered colors for kid wares, and instead choosing earthy, neutral tones aligned with minimalism. It's a look TikTok satirist Hayley DeRoche has termed "sad beige," but some see it as a happy development: The ecru, blond and...[2022 November 16, Chavie Lieber, “’Sad Beige’ Has Taken Over Baby Gear, Clothing, Decor”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    • I'm talking, of course, about the devotees of what has recently been described as "sad beige". These are parents who, following current fashions, dress their children like small peasants in mournful shades of oat and camel, buy simple toys in "earthy" tones and decorate their bedrooms with such...[2022 December 4, Eva Wiseman, “The 'sad beige' trend for kids goes against all my wild instincts”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Examples of sad beige in a sentence

  • I'm talking, of course, about the devotees of what has recently been described as "sad beige".[2022 December 4, Eva Wiseman, “The 'sad beige' trend for kids goes against all my wild instincts”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The...
  • The sad beige aesthetic has taken on meanings beyond ungendered and non-toxic.2023 January 24, “The Sad Beige Parenting Trend Explained”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 06 May 2024:
  • "Go ahead and call me crazy or a sad beige mom for what I'm about to do," Nattie Jo Powell began in her 1 December video.2023 December 5, Kaleigh Werner, quoting Nattie Jo Powell, “TikToker criticised for 'sad beige' Christmas tree makeover”, in The...

Origin of sad beige

Coined by TikToker Hayley DeRoche (@sadbeige) in 2021 and achieved virality on TikTok in 2022.

Questions about sad beige

What does sad beige mean?
Sad beige means a parenting aesthetic which involves earthy and neutral colours as well as minimalist decor.
How do you use sad beige in a sentence?
I'm talking, of course, about the devotees of what has recently been described as "sad beige".
What part of speech is sad beige?
Sad beige is a noun.

Words near sad beige in the dictionary

  1. sacubitrilat
  2. sad
  3. sad act
  4. sad ass
  5. sad asses
  6. sad beige
  7. sad bread
  8. sad case
  9. sad cases
  10. sad drunk
  11. sad drunks

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