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.
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(Internet, qualifier:incel slang) A very handsome, genetically gifted and sexually active man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.
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. 2018 April 28, Kate Wilson, “Last week in tech: sex robots”, in The Georgia Straight:
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. 2018 April 25, Alex Hern, “Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?”, in The Guardian:
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.
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A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
'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.' 1995, Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 88, 90:
"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." 1993, Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
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. 2025 June 15, Nicole Acevedo, “How a city in Nebraska is recovering after the state's largest worksite immigration raid”, in NBC News:
(UK) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.
Believed to be from Kanuri tsade (“lake”). The country is named after the lake.
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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. 2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, in CNN:
Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).