Think you're stylish, but dress like you did in school? You're just 'cheugy'


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Cheugy, or not cheugy? Before you go any further, take a look in your wardrobe for an answer to this question. Photo: AFP

If you don't already say "cheugy", pronounced chew-gee, put it on your list of words to know.

The term, which can refer to a way of dressing, eating, or even living in society, is spreading like wildfire on TikTok in the US and will soon be arriving in Europe. And that too... may well be cheugy.

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