passenger princess

noun

A woman who consistently lets someone else (especially her partner) drive her around while she sits in the passenger seat.

“Does that passenger princess even know how to drive?”

Meanings

nounpassenger princess (plural passenger princesses)

plural passenger princesses

  1. InternetderogatoryA woman who consistently lets someone else (especially her partner) drive her around while she sits in the passenger seat.

    Does that passenger princess even know how to drive?

    2 more examples

    She loves being the passenger princess

    2020 January 31, @ohthatwelshguy, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2023

    Well, good news for us passenger princesses: the Victorian government has announced that this bartering system will soon be a thing of the past. Melbourne taxi drivers will soon be required to use the meters when they are flagged down or picked up from a taxi rank.

    2023 August 28, “No more Melbourne taxi scams: New rules prevent drivers from jacking up prices”, in Beat Magazine, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2023

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

passenger princess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20princess

MLA

“passenger princess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20princess. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passenger princess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20princess.

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