from 4chan, ironic
chad
Meaning
- A confident, socially successful man, in meme shorthand.
- Used to praise anyone acting boldly self-assured.
“He asked for a raise on his first day. Absolute chad.”
Where it came from
Forum slang for a confident, popular man before it became a character. The 2017 Virgin vs. Chad meme made him famous, and the Yes Chad drawing, a blond, bearded face captioned Yes, spread him further from 2019.