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Madlad

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Reddit and internet slang for a person who does something remarkably bold, daring or outrageous, usually said with admiration. Also written 'mad lad'.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He rebuilt the whole engine in one weekend with no manual, absolute madlad.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists the Reddit sense as a person who does something remarkably bold and daring, and links it to the r/madlads subreddit, created on October 19, 2015. It also records the older, separate sense of 'mad lad' as a young man who engages in dangerous behaviour.

FIRST SEEN

2015-10-19 (r/madlads subreddit created, per Wiktionary)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2016-2020s

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Subreddit Drama

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TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

Subreddit Drama

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2015-10-19 (r/madlads subreddit created, per Wiktionary)

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