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Chad

name
/t͡ʃæd/

Etymology

From Middle English Chadde, from Old English Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male” originates from an apparent stereotype that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament, first attested in c. late 1990s in Chicago, Illinois (specifically "successful white man, yuppie"), but in common usage only as of the late 2010s via 4chan slang.

  1. inherited from Ċeadda
  2. inherited from Chadde

Definitions

  1. A male given name from Old English

    A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.

  2. The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.

  3. A very handsome, usually tall man whom women find sexually attractive

    A very handsome, usually tall man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.

    • They are united by the fact that women will not have sex with them, usually attributed to shallow obsessions with looks or superficial personality, and by their hatred of “Chads” and “Stacys”, the men and women who have sex.
    • Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A country in Central Africa. Official name

      A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.

      • Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home.

    2. Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in…

      Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).

    3. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot…

      Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.

      • The keypunch wasn't named after a Mr. Chadless; it was so named because, as expected, it punched tape while producing little or no chad.

    4. One of these pieces of paper.

      • Prior devices of the type according to the present invention have been arranged to cut out the perforations completely at a single movement, thereby producing chads or waste material which often present difficult problems of disposal.
      • The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain attached to the body of the tape.

    5. I had

      • Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.

    6. Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male

      Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA