chad

See also:Chad

English

WOTD – 4 November 2016

Etymology 1

Mounds of chads generated frompunch cards

Uncertain; possibly from the English slang termchat(“louse”).The word predates thechadless punch,which therefore cannot be its origin,and a derivation fromScotschad(“rivergravel”)stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation,General American)IPA^(key):/t͡ʃæd/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-æd
• Homophone:Chad

Noun

chad(countableanduncountable,pluralchadorchads)

1. (uncountable)Small pieces ofpaperpunchedout from theedgesofcontinuousstationery,or fromballot papers,paper tape,punched cards,etc.
   • 2011June 1, David P. Mikkelson, “Chad: Does the word ‘chad’ come from the Chadless keypunch, invented by a Mr. Chadless?”, inSnopes‎^[2],retrieved7 September 2016:

     The keypunch wasn't named after a Mr. Chadless; it was so named because, as expected, it punched tape while producing little or nochad.

2. (countable)One of these pieces of paper.
   • 1939May 20, Ross A. Lake,Printing Perforating Telegraph Apparatus‎^[3],US Patent2255794:

     Prior devices of the type according to the present invention have been arranged to cut out the perforations completely at a single movement, thereby producingchadsor waste material which often present difficult problems of disposal.

   • 1959,J[ohn]W[illiam]Freebody,Telegraphy,London:Isaac Pitman & Sons,→OCLC:

     The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain attached to the body of the tape.

   • 2000December 12,Supreme Court of the United States,per curiam,“Bush v. Gore”,inUnited States Reports,volume531,page98 at 105:

     Much of the controversy seems to revolve around ballot cards designed to be perforated by a stylus but which, either through error or deliberate omission, have not been perforated with sufficient precision for a machine to count them. In some cases a piece of the card—achad—is hanging, say by two corners. In other cases there is no separation at all, just an indentation.

Derived terms

• chadless
• dimpled chad
• hanging chad
• pregnant chad
• swinging-door chad
• tri-chad

Translations

small pieces of paper punched out

• Chinese:
• German:Stanzrestm,Stanzabfallm
• Mandarin:Khoan(zh)(dǎkǒng)

one of these pieces of paper

• Chinese:
• German:Stanzrestm,Stanzabfallm
• Mandarin:Khổng tiết

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Etymology 2

Fromch-+‎had,fromich+had.

Contraction

chad

1. (West Country,obsolete)Ihad
   • 1839,An Exmoor Scolding,London: John Russell Smith,page11:

     Chadet in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.

Etymology 3

Noun

chad(pluralchads)

1. (Internetslang,seduction community,incelslang)Alternative spelling ofChad(“Alpha -male; a virile man”)

Derived terms

• chadmaxx

Middle English

Etymology

Seech-.

Verb

chad

1. Ihad

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan*qata,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaʀta(“outsiders, alien people”).Cognate withLaboyaata,Cebuanoagta,Tagalogagta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʔað/

Noun

chad

1. person

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/χaːd/

Noun

chad

1. Aspirate mutation ofcad.

Mutation

Mutated formsofcad

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cad	gad	nghad	chad

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.