Meaning of Space Karen | Babel Free

Definitions

A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

derogatory

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Examples

“By the way, journalists shouldn't use Twitter DMs either. They're not safe. Especially with Space Karen in charge.”

“A stream of insults aimed at new Twitter boss Elon Musk has been projected onto the company’s San Francisco headquarters after workers were locked out of their offices. Insults included “supreme parasite”, “mediocre manchild”, “worthless billionaire” and “space karen”, according to footage posted online.”

“Watching Space Karen burn Twitter down is actually quite funny 😂”

“it’s one of the key reasons I left the night Space Karen took over.”

“WALLACE: Kara, your boy, Elon Musk, made a lot of news, SWISHER: Not my boy. WALLACE: Hit me with your best shot. SWISHER: Well, I’m trying to think of something that. So that Space Karen doesn’t sue me. So, let me say he’s troubled.”

“Over on the ever-lovely PC Pro podcast […] we refer to him as “Space Karen”. But despite what you might think of Mr Musk, it’s clear that he has assembled teams of extremely capable engineers in the various companies that he runs.”

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