"gigachad" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gigachad.wav Forms: gigachads [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|giga-|Chad|t2=a very attractive man}} giga- + Chad (“a very attractive man”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigachad (plural gigachads)
  1. (slang) An exceptionally handsome man, having an even higher level of attractiveness than a Chad. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gigachad-en-noun-0km7zD4O Categories (other): English terms prefixed with giga- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 57 43
  2. (by extension, Internet slang, sometimes sarcastic) An extremely admirable man; a Chad among Chads. Tags: Internet, broadly, sarcastic, sometimes Categories (topical): Incel community, Internet memes, Nicknames
    Sense id: en-gigachad-en-noun-jTjhb6d1 Disambiguation of Incel community: 42 58 Disambiguation of Internet memes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Nicknames: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gigachad, GigaChad Related terms: Chad, Chadlite

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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