cheugy

What it means

Describes something outdated, basic, or trying too hard to be trendy — usually styles or habits that were cool a few years ago but now read as off. It's most often aimed at older millennial aesthetics from a Gen-Z point of view.

Examples

• Live, laugh, love signs are honestly so cheugy.
• She said my side part is cheugy, I'm devastated.
• Using too many emojis in captions feels kinda cheugy now.
• Skinny jeans with ankle boots? A little cheugy, no offense.

Where it comes from

Coined by Gaby Rasson around 2013 and popularized on TikTok in 2021, where it became the go-to word for dated millennial trends. The term itself was somewhat self-referentially short-lived.

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