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mald

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See also: mȧld and mäld

English

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Etymology

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Blend of mad +‎ bald. See malding for further etymology.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mald (comparative malder, superlative maldest)

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, Twitch-speak) Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
    So bald, so mald.

Verb

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mald (third-person singular simple present malds, present participle malding, simple past and past participle malded)

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, Twitch-speak) To become extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
    He's actually malding.
    He is so mad that his hair is legitimately falling out.
    • 2021 May 24, Charlie Pugh, “The art of misery: how Ludwig made a career from failing”, in The Courier, number 1414, Newcastle upon Tyne, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:
      In his "hardest game" series, he plays malding games, named for the rage they provoke in those who play them.
    • 2021 August 10, Dylan Maroney, quoting a comment by HarleyJ, Livestreaming Vico: Imagination and the Ecology of Literacy in Online Gaming[1], Georgia State University, page 36:
      [] “Coomers malding PepeLaugh,” [] The second comment, written by HarleyJ, insinuates that “coomers” (a term used to refer to an individual that overly sexualizes things) are angered by her actions, []
    • 2022 January 16, Amouranth (lyrics and music), “Down Bad”‎[2]:
      I make money in my sleep, got you hatin' on me
      Malding in my chat while you're tryna take a peep
    • 2022 July 18, Sentenzà, “I think Jailer heroic was nerfed too hard”, in Blizzard.com[3]:
      It reminds me of how people in the alpha for WoW malded that the game penalized them for playing the game too much with a 50% XP penalty if their character was exhausted, so instead Blizzard decided to nerf all XP gains by 50%, and then give you a “bonus” (rested XP) that doubled your XP gains back to its original amount, and people praised it.

Swedish

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Participle

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mald

  1. past participle of mala