Meaning

(Internet slang, Reddit slang) Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Internet slang, Reddit slang) Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious.
2. Alternative form of mad lad (“a young man who engages in dangerous behaviour”).

Example Sentences

Coordinate term: madlady

Some madlad hacked the school website to give everyone an extra day off.

this is nothing when compared to the true madlad. I'm still waiting for one of you to get green fire tattooed on your eyeball

"I think I might keep going a little farther," Noam said, once he was confident he could say that much without gagging on his own arrhythmic inhales. "Gonna try to get to thirteen." ¶ "You," Taye said, "are an absolute madlad."

This fucking madlad gained 9 MILLION today and did not cash out a single cent. ¶ Adamantium balls

Meanwhile one congressman spoke for 15 hours in a record filibuster in order to delay the session so a fellow congressman could attend the vote, thus securing an extra vote in favor of impeachment. The madlad read a 1300 page speech.

Alright. My NCD prediction is some madlads in a US Navy submarine sneak into the Black Sea to do a bit o' trolling.

Sleipnir noticed the direction of Agatha's gaze. "Those are Radioheads," she whispered. "The Baron acquired them from some madlad he had to put down in Albania a few years ago. He figured if he could build fighters without brains, they wouldn't get scared or feel pain or worry about dyin'. The Baron doesn't use them off the Castle, because they creep people out too much."

Word Forms

• madlads

When Should You Use Mad lad?

Use mad lad when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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