Etymology

passenger princess

Today it means: A woman who consistently lets someone else (especially her partner) drive her around while she sits in the passenger seat. Full definition →

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The story

The earliest known use is in a 2020 tweet (see quotation below). The term was popularized on TikTok in the early 2020s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.