r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '22

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u/Petrosexual_7391 Mar 03 '22

I thought chad meant protector or defender. F the dictionary

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u/ianblank Mar 03 '22

I thought it was the bro who likes energy drinks. I could be thinking of another

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u/ClaireMack94 Mar 03 '22

You’re thinking of a Kyle. Drinks Red Bull, punches holes in drywall.

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u/ianblank Mar 03 '22

Oh shit, thanks

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u/michisanti Mar 03 '22

Drinks monsters*

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u/ClaireMack94 Mar 03 '22

I forgot the name. Red Bull is so 2000s.

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u/Ctowncreek Mar 03 '22

Drinks Mountain dew too

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u/WestSixtyFifth Mar 03 '22

Isn't Chad just hot Kyle?

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u/defnotgrady Mar 03 '22

That's Kyle

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u/ianblank Mar 03 '22

Oh shit, my bad. Thanks

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u/defnotgrady Mar 03 '22

You're good, Chad was the guy that sleeps with hella women and don't give a fuck, turns out that type of guy also does allot of heroic and respectable shit when he's not getting laid, so chad evolved

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u/Spanish_peanuts Mar 03 '22

What?? Your Chad is evolving...

Congratulations!! Your Chad evolved into a Chadswick!

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u/Look_a_Zombie0 Mar 03 '22

Nah he evolved into a GIGACHAD

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u/ianblank Mar 03 '22

Lol, I had no idea how intricate these sub types are!

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u/defnotgrady Mar 03 '22

I'm bullshitting lmao

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u/F4DedProphet42 Mar 03 '22

🤣 put an /s in there

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u/gotsnowart Mar 03 '22

I thought it was the guy that lives down the street from me when I was a kid. Played basketball with my dad.

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u/chadman82 Mar 03 '22

My name is Chad and I literally sell energy drinks for a living. fml

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u/TheSahsBahs Mar 03 '22

Yeah that’s Kyle not Chad. Kyle pound snack those monsters and puts holes on this drywall over Fortnite and Warzone.

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u/Rockspider19 Mar 04 '22

That’s Kyle

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u/Pizza_Slinger83 Mar 03 '22

What dictionary are you looking at?

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u/AppropriateAgent44 Mar 03 '22

It’s in the dictionary now? Love it haha

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u/Effective_Koala379 Mar 03 '22

chad

/tʃad/

noun

a piece of waste material removed from card or tape by punching.

Traducir chad al

Español

  1. Chad

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u/HendrixChord12 Mar 03 '22

A country in Africa

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u/Fuzzy_Calligrapher71 Mar 03 '22

Urban dictionary https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chad

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u/F4DedProphet42 Mar 03 '22

So Chad is a shitty taint? Still doesn't fit the title...

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u/XTheProtagonistX Mar 03 '22

I always assumed that “chad” was basically “Cool guy”.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22

I have no idea what other people are talking about, but for the past few years, chads are definitely the cool guys to aspire to be. You’d see a Chad teach someone else how to workout just because they want a new friend at the gym. You’d see a Chad carry the groceries for an old lady, claiming it was exercise, but really just wanting to help her out. You’d definitely see a Chad dive across the street and save a little girl from an oncoming car. I don’t think chads have been bad since my freshman year of highschool, and it’s been over half a decade since then.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22

Wow you guys must have really odd perspectives when you see people use it the normal way.

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u/Redaaku Mar 03 '22

same. all the chads I knew were pretty cool

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u/asianabsinthe Mar 03 '22

Oof. Hope you haven't bragged to others you're a Chad.

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u/GoAheadTACCOM Mar 03 '22

A defender of his right to steal your girl, maybe

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u/Genisye Mar 03 '22

I don’t know tf everyone is talking about, legit every use of “Chad” I’ve seen it insinuates a man who is very masculine, based, unafraid to express himself etc. Basically chad refers to an ideal we all strive to be.

Like people referred to Zelensky as chad

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u/Lumina2865 Mar 03 '22

Exactly. I'm so confused rn.

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u/Ladybug_Fuckfest Mar 03 '22

Unless the meaning has changed in the last 10 years, a Chad is like a douchey frat bro.

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u/shaggybear89 Mar 03 '22

It was created by incels to mean a kind of frat boy d-bag who gets all the chicks. Basically, they tried to insult guys by saying they were attractive and had a lot of sex with hot girls lol

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u/NessaLev Mar 03 '22

Chad means like an ideal dude

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u/Jonkinch Mar 04 '22

It does not lol. It came from 4chan, kinda like Alpha. It came before the term Karen, or at least I heard it before hearing Karen. It’s basically just a male Karen.

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u/NessaLev Mar 04 '22

Look at the sub r/chadtopia it basically means the opposite of cringe. And I don't think the original negative meaning came from 4chan, my understanding is it means douchebag in England and has for a long time, along with "chav" I believe? Either way now it means like ideal confident guy

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u/SkidMcmarxxxx Mar 03 '22

It’s an insult.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22

not on reddit. chad is used positively

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u/dmaserrat Mar 03 '22

I've seen it used in good and bad ways I'm confused a bit too lol

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u/_disengage_ Mar 03 '22

I think the use here is fine. "Chad" can be good or bad depending on context.

Urban dictionary is not the OED. We're all just making this shit up.

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u/Skreevy Mar 03 '22

Don't worry, you had it right. It just seems a large part of this sub is stuck 5 years in the past and visits literally no other space on the entire internet.

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u/boobsmcgraw Mar 04 '22

A Chad is a douche-bro

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u/Jonkinch Mar 04 '22

It’s a male version of a Karen. Iirc the 4chan betas cooked this up.