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mad
adjective- exciting, good US, 1941
- Nero is havin’ a ball, he’s diggin’ this mad game, he’s guicin’ up a storm. — William “Lord” Buckley, Nero, 1951
- — American Speech, p. 302, December 1955: “Wayne University slang”
- You don’t know “Jungle Love?” That shit is the mad notes. — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 9, 2001
- in homosexual usage, unrestrained and ostentatious US
- Loosely used with many shades of meaning. — Anon., The Gay Girl’s Guide, p. 12, 1949
- — Bruce Rodgers, The Queens’ Vernacular, p. 129, 1972
- used as an all-purpose, dramatic intensifier US, 1972
- I’m gonna get mad diesel. — Kids, 1995
- We would hang out and smoke herbs and drink, have a little party. For me, I was young and having mad fun. We usually steal cars or jump somebody. — S. Beth Atkin, Voices from the Street, p. 86, 1996
- Vince Carter has mad hops. — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, Fall 1996
- — Newsday, p. B2, 11 October 1997
- Doing this, we make mad bank. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
▶ like mad
to an extraordinary extent, very much UK, 1653- [W]e, the workers, were “working” like mad[.] — Guardian, 9 April 2004
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