Kevin
(British, pejorative, slang) A working-class male.
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Born ~2000 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
There's no such thing as "being canceled". All it is is a shift in your target audience. She can go perform at Trump rallies or alternative superbowl halftime shows, next to Kid Rock. Even Kevin Spacey is back on tou…
Today Kevin the only excitement is getting the boiler serviced and a thermostatic valve replaced. And it's looking like rain again so my garden furniture restoration is on hold for now. Are you sure it isn't tanning,…
#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂 Gary Daly, singer/musician, China Crisis, 1962 Kevin Mooney, bass, Adam & The Ants & others, 1962 Sean McLusky, drums, JoBoxers, 1961 Steven Schneider AKA Steve Stevens, guitar/songwri…
Tomorrow we go live with our Foundation Course on Medical Imaging Informatics. Find out the future of AI, reporting, and working with the machines with our faculty stars, Annalisa Trianni, Tugba Akinci D’Antonoli, Ke…
Morning Kevin. Having the study measured for curtains this morning, then off to the gym as soon as that's done. This afternoon, a little admin and maybe assemble a storage rack in the garage.
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(British, pejorative, slang) A working-class male.
“There's no such thing as "being canceled". All it is is a shift in your target audience. She can go perform at Trump rallies or alternative superbowl halftime shows, next to Kid Rock. Even Kevin Spacey is back on tour in certain pedophile-loving countries, such as Israel.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Today Kevin the only excitement is getting the boiler serviced and a thermostatic valve replaced. And it's looking like rain again so my garden furniture restoration is on hold for now. Are you sure it isn't tanning, a "special" massage followed by fish and chips?😜”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂 Gary Daly, singer/musician, China Crisis, 1962 Kevin Mooney, bass, Adam & The Ants & others, 1962 Sean McLusky, drums, JoBoxers, 1961 Steven Schneider AKA Steve Stevens, guitar/songwriter, Billy Idol, 1959 2/4”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tomorrow we go live with our Foundation Course on Medical Imaging Informatics. Find out the future of AI, reporting, and working with the machines with our faculty stars, Annalisa Trianni, Tugba Akinci D’Antonoli, Kevin O’Donnel.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Morning Kevin. Having the study measured for curtains this morning, then off to the gym as soon as that's done. This afternoon, a little admin and maybe assemble a storage rack in the garage.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A working-class male.
"Kevin" means a working-class male. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"Kevin" is informal English meaning a working-class male. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a working-class male" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "Kevin" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“The show depicts Kevin, the titular [anthropomorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism "Anthropomorphism") cat, adjusting to life on his own following the separation of his two owners in a fictional version of [New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City").”
“In 2012, Google added a feature to their search engine, whereby searching for an actor's name followed by the words "Bacon Number" would show the ways in which that actor is connected to Kevin Bacon.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon#cite_note-49) This feature is no longer active.”
“He was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in _Learning Italian_.”
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