Cheugy ðŽ
Something that’s trying to be trendy but is actually outdated, off-trend, or just a little cringe. Basically the opposite of cool. It’s not “bad” exactly, more like it peaked a few years ago and didn’t get the memo. Think millennial-coded aesthetics: skinny jeans, “Live Laugh Love” signs, chevron patterns, or captions with too many hashtags.
Coined around 2013 by a Gen Z woman named Gaby Rasson, but it went viral in 2021 after a New York Times article introduced it to the masses. It became the internet’s favorite way to gently roast millennial trends without being outright mean about it, more “aww, bless” than “that’s terrible.”
Cheugy sounds like the sneeze before "bless you."
How to slide it into convo
Friend:
Rate my bio: “Adventure seeker, dog dad, foodie at heart ðŪðūâïļ”
Friend:
I want a photo booth with props at my wedding.
Me:
That’s giving 2015 cheugy energy. Get a real photographer instead.
Me:
He’s still wearing those tiny skinny jeans from 2016.
Friend:
Kinda cheugy, not gonna lie.
Me:
You think everything’s cheugy.
Friend:
Only when it deserves it.
Friend:
I made us a road trip playlist, it’s all early 2010s pump-up songs.
Me:
Cheugy, but I’ll allow it for nostalgia.