chad

CEFRB2

/t͡ʃæd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small piece of paper removed when holes are punched.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I said to Chad that you're in a position to influence people.

  • Chad is called "Tchad" in French.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /t͡ʃad/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. One of these pieces of paper.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain attached to the body of the tape.

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

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Origin

noun

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.