Kardashianesque

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Kardashian +‎ -esque.

Adjective[edit]

Kardashianesque (comparative more Kardashianesque, superlative most Kardashianesque)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling the Kardashian family.
    • 2011 September 18, C.J., “Shelby dons stockings and stilettos for ‘Rocky Horror’”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., section “Kardashian-free zone”, page B4, column 3:
      Now, what was that word that talk show host Wendy Williams used when describing another Kardashianesque move that slighted Kris? It started with an “s”... Oh, yeah: “Selfish.”
    • 2013 August 1, Beau Wilcox, “Hogs should be solid in short-term”, in Arkansas Times, page 35, column 3:
      Alas, the baseball team meekly crumbled under the weight of enormous preseason hype, the basketball program kept up its seeming state of disarray, and SEC Media Days mostly offered us extraterritorial amusement in the form of Johnny Manziel explaining away an offseason replete with Kardashianesque attention whoring.
    • 2020 February 8, Joseph Brean, “The Crazy Case of Chair Girl: Examining a New Morality of Punishment”, in National Post, volume 22, number 88, Toronto, Ont., page A9:
      Chair Girl was ridiculously spectacular, just like Foucault’s regicide. Her diminutive Kardashianesque body was a spectacle, no less than Damiens’ drawing and quartering in Paris.