gigachad

== English == === Alternative forms === Gigachad, GigaChad === Etymology === From giga- +‎ Chad (“a very attractive man”). Although isolated uses exist earlier, the term was popularized by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who referred to Russian model Ernest Khalimov as "Gigachad". See Gigachad for more. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gigachad (plural gigachads) (slang, originally incel slang) An exceptionally handsome man, having an even higher level of attractiveness than a Chad. Coordinate term: gigastacy 2020, anonymous, quoted in Annie Jones, "Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online", thesis submitted to the University of Central Florida, page 76: A forum commenter applied this definition to a woman he saw on social media, "…the foid [woman] had all the gigastacy [rated 10 on the scale] traits, she was hot, blonde, wore makeup, wears skimpy clothes, popular, parties, and her boyfriend is a muscular bodybuilder gigachad." 2020, Nate Gallagher, "The Blackpill and the Suffering Apparatus: Science, Masculinity, and Race as Represented on Involuntary Celibate (Incel) Virtual Forums", thesis submitted to Dartmouth College, page 62: Those that land in the top 20 percent of the scale earn some variant of “Chad” as a designation, varying from the low-tier "Chadlites" to the ultimate "Gigachad." 2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 58: if you were a foid with the infinite SMV [Sexual market value] that having eggs grants, and every guy on the planet wanted to fuck you, and getting fucked by chads is the biggest source of happiness chemicals possible, wouldn’t you also get fucked by gigachads all day long? (by extension, Internet slang, sometimes sarcastic) An extremely admirable man; a Chad among Chads. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: гигача́д (gigačád) → Ukrainian: ґіґача́д (gigačád), гігача́д (hihačád) === References === === Anagrams === Haggadic, haggadic