cheugy

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/ˈt͡ʃuːɡi/

adjective

Uncool; tryhard.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivecheugy (comparative more cheugy or cheugier, superlative most cheugy or cheugiest)

comparative more cheugy · comparative cheugier · superlative most cheugy · superlative cheugiest

  1. InternetUSneologismUncool; tryhard.

    "You might want to ditch the Crocs to pass the vibe check," Siobhan whispered. "They're a little cheugy."

    2022, Claire Cook, Must Love Dogs: Lucky Enough, unnumbered page (published 4 March 2022)
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    Alex Lugger, 32, a boat marketer in Springfield, Mo., said that she self identifies as a bit cheugy. (She also learned about the word through TikTok.) “We were basic in our 20s and now we’re cheugy in our 30s,” she said.

    2021 April 29, Taylor Lorenz, “What is ‘cheugy’? You know it when you see it”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2021, Style

    Derived from the notoriously cheugy “live, laugh, love,” the mantra “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” found its funny by lumping together online phenomena the internet hates most.

    2021 September 22, Carter Sawatzky, “An Autopsy Of #Girlboss Feminism”, in Mars' Hill, Trinity Western University, page 15

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Reportedly coined by American high school student Gaby Rasson in 2013 to describe "people who were slightly off trend" and subsequently popularized by her peers.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

cheugy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheugy

MLA

“cheugy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheugy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheugy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheugy.

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