chad
/t͡ʃæd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
noun
A very handsome, genetically gifted and sexually active man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.
name
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
name
Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).
noun
Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
Uncountable
contraction
I had
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- ""What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth." "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order.""
- "'He used to be called Trevor Buss.' 'Chad? I don't believe you.' […] 'He changed his name into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.' 'No!' 'He'd insist on the whole name. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" […] No one passed to him. So he became Chad.'"
- "The scene gave the company’s president, Chad Hartmann, a glimmer of hope amid the chaos that ensued after Tuesday's raid purged roughly half of his staff — many of whom had been longtime employees of the company, which has been processing boxed beef for more than 15 years."
- "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."
- "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."
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 and California slang.
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: 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 and California slang
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /t͡ʃæd/
- British English: /t͡ʃæd/
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- Obsolete
Inflected Forms
Chads (plural)
Tchad (alternative, dated)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Chad Basin
Lake Chad
Countries of the world
chad bean
chad box
dimpled chad
hanging chad
pregnant chad