I think we should stop calling unpleasant women “Karen.” I know it’s a clever nickname and nobody really means to ostracize women who are actually named Karen, except it’s really not that clever, and it does cast a shadow on the name. I have known quite a few women named Karen, and they weren’t consistently any more ass-holy than women in general, or the general public. Some of them were quite nice, and not to mention, productive members of society. The obvious choice isn’t very good either. It’s disrespectful to female dogs, not to mention we need a more gender neutral term, since nobody can decide if a male Karen is a Ken, a Kyle, or a Kermit.
We do need a label for the self righteous, arrogant folks with Dunning-Krueger syndrome. But that’s my take. What do you think? Suggestions?