Chad (slang)

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

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

External links

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

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