Chad (slang)

Short description: Pejorative slang term used in the United States

Not to be confused with Chav.

A Chad, in incel and manosphere slang, is a sexually active "alpha male".[1]

## Contents

* 1 Origins
* 2 Manosphere
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Origins

The term originated in Chicago [2] and originally referred to a young urban American man, typically single and in his 20s or early 30s, in a derogatory way.[3][better source needed]

It was covered by a satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Chad Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.[2] A Chad was originally depicted as originating in Chicago's affluent North Shore suburbs (Highland Park, Evanston, Deerfield, Northbrook, Glenview, Glencoe, Winnetka, Wilmette, or Lake Forest), receiving a BMW for his 16th birthday, obtaining a law or business degree from a Big Ten university, belonging to a fraternity, moving to Lincoln Park, marrying a "Trixie", and then moving back to the North Suburbs.[4]

## Manosphere

The term was later appropriated in incel forums to refer to sexually active "alpha males".[5] Within the manosphere, Chads are viewed as constituting the top decile in terms of genetic fitness.[6] In online animation drawings in the manosphere, a Chad is further tagged with the last name Thundercock and is often depicted as muscular with a very pronounced crotch bulge.[7] Chads are sometimes portrayed as the opposite to "omega" or "beta" males and as aesthetically attractive. The term Chad is sometimes used interchangeably with slayer.[8] Due to their characterisation as being genetically gifted and privileged—though sometimes depicted as shallow, air-headed, arrogant, and overtly sexual[9]—the term Chad is used in both a pejorative and complimentary way on incel forums.[10][11]

The female counterpart to the Chad, in slang, is the Stacy[12][13][14][15] or, originally, the Trixie[16].

## See also

* Airhead (subculture)
* Karen (slang)
* Becky (slang)
* Kyle (slang)
* Trixie (slang)
* Essex man
* Frat Boy
* Jock (stereotype)
* Metrosexual
* Preppy
* Yuppie

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/incel-plastic-surgery.html
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tracy Swartz (April 24, 2008). "Talk of the town". Chicago Redeye (Tribune Co.). http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-04-24/news/0804240648_1_chads-south-side-trader-joe. Retrieved 2 April 2014. "But there are terms within this Chi-alect that are specific to the North and South Sides."
3. ↑ Kaduk, Kevin. Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball's Best Neighborhood (NAL Hardcover, 2006) ISBN 978-0-451-21812-4
4. ↑ "» Lifecycle". 15 January 2008. http://www.lpchad.com/lifecycle/. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
5. ↑ "Virgin vs Chad Meme Is Taking Over the Entire Internet". 7 November 2017. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/virgin-vs-chad-meme/. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
6. ↑ Nagle, Angela. "The New Man of 4chan." The Baffler 30 (2016): 64
7. ↑ Mountford, Joseph (3 September 2015). "Creating Masculinities Online: Bronies and The Red Pill - J.B Mountford". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281448472. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
8. ↑ Marwick, Alice, and Rebecca Lewis. "Media manipulation and disinformation online." New York: Data & Society Research Institute (2017).
9. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (April 25, 2018). "Incel, the misogynist ideology that inspired the deadly Toronto attack, explained". https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/17277496/incel-toronto-attack-alek-minassian.
10. ↑ Jennings, Rebecca (April 28, 2018). "Incels Categorize Women by Personal Style and Attractiveness". https://www.vox.com/2018/4/28/17290256/incel-chad-stacy-becky.
11. ↑ "The 'incel rebellion': did sexual frustration trigger Toronto rampage?". April 25, 2018. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2143186/incel-rebellion-chads-and-stacys-bizarre-online.
12. ↑ Thomas Dane. "People Who Know Chads and Karens Admit How They Feel About Their Names Becoming Insults". George Takei. https://www.georgetakei.com/people-who-know-chads-karens-2639964007.html. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
13. ↑ Rebecca Jennings (2018-08-28). "Incels Categorize Women by Personal Style and Attractiveness". Vox. https://www.vox.com/2018/4/28/17290256/incel-chad-stacy-becky.
14. ↑ "What is incel? Examining the 'rebellion' praised by Toronto van attack suspect". Global News. 2018-04-25. https://globalnews.ca/news/4166830/toronto-van-attack-what-is-incel/.
15. ↑ Arianna Jeret (2018-04-25). "What Does 'Stacy' Mean? The Odd Way Incel Men On Reddit and 4Chan Use It to Describe Certain Women". Yahoo! Lifestyle. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/does-apos-stacy-apos-mean-042649114.html.
16. ↑ Clay Risen (August 20, 2001). "Lincoln Park Trixie Society". Flak Magazine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010910092039/http://www.flakmag.com/web/trixie.html. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

## External links

* "Lincoln Park Chad Society". http://www.lpchad.com/.
* "Lincoln Park Trixie Society". http://www.lptrixie.com/home.asp.

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