Will Ferrell

I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher, Mr. Chad, told the class one day that we were going to do some exercises. He meant math exercises, but I stood up and started doing jumping jacks. To this day, I don't know what possessed me to do that, but all my friends cracked up.

American Comedian

Hal Sutton

Chad was in the right spot. He got a little aggressive with the third shot there. He probably didn't want that putt he had there for the par. And you don't want to put it back there where Casey and Sergio did because you have 20 feet of break there.

American Athlete

Chamillionaire

We all know he was talented but he was also a very smart, kind, funny individual and his personality and presence will be deeply missed. There will never be another person like him but his legacy will live forever. R.I.P. Chad Butler.

American Musician

Antonio Brown

I always modeled my game after the guys from Miami. Chad Ochocinco, Santana Moss, Andre Johnson. I used to love Roscoe Parrish as a returner.

Michael Anthony

Chad Smith is a member of Chickenfoot, and that's that.

T.J. Dillashaw

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Glen Powell

Chad Radwell lines are very, very quotable.

American Actor

Chad is often used in the context of voting to describe the leftover pieces from ballot cards.

Voting Context

The term became famous during the 2000 US presidential election due to disputes about ballot counting.

2000 Election

Use of 'chad' in the voting sense is uncommon outside of the United States.

Rare Outside US

Chad is a landlocked country in Africa, important to know in geographic discussions.

African Country

The country's name is pronounced 'chăd', rhyming with 'shad', not 'chād' like the male name.

Pronunciation

As a modern slang term, 'Chad' often refers to a stereotypically attractive man who is confident with women.

Masculine Stereotype

Online, 'Chad' is sometimes used humorously or ironically in memes to describe a certain male archetype.

Internet Meme

Using 'Chad' to describe someone can be seen as derogatory, implying a shallow or superficial character.

Potentially Derogatory

 Chad called zoo coma the original intent was to travel there and bring back a classic story of diverse species of an exotic locale and that is what Nick did up to a point this is a serval cat he's actually taking his own picture shot with what's called a camera trap there's an infrared beam that's cutting across

How photography connects...

 lifeline in a situation where people are trying to force their way into our home that would be a situation where we have to decide are we going to try to fight our way out of it it might be much easier to just make a stealthy escape Chad is starting work on an escape plan

Tunnel Time PIPE Doomsday...

 because who knew what a chad was before 2000, and "WMD" in 2002. Now, we have other categories in which we vote too, and my favorite category is most creative word of the year. Past winners in this category have included