madlad.
Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious.
Meaning & usage
Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious.
Some madlad hacked the school website to give everyone an extra day off.
Alternative form of mad lad (“a young man who engages in dangerous behaviour”).
Where this word comes from
Compound of mad + lad. The Reddit sense originates from the r/madlads subreddit, created on October 19, 2015.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.