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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
In Chicago, Illinois, during the 1990s, "Chad" became a derogatory slang term for successful white men in their 20s and early 30s. | ===1990s=== | ||
In Chicago, Illinois, during the 1990s, "Chad" became a derogatory slang term for successful white men in their 20s and early 30s.{{fact}} | |||
The term was popularized by a satirical website called the Lincoln Park Trixie Society. Chad was a handsome young man from a Big 10 school (or similar midwestern university with good sports teams and mediocre academics) who lived in "upwardly mobile" areas of Chicago, worked in law or finance, and still wore his old fraternity t-shirts.{{fact}} | |||
Chad dated a Trixie (later Stacy), who was a young, blonde, cheerleader-type woman who drove a black Jetta, drank Starbucks lattes, worked in marketing or PR, and filled her small apartment with the latest from Pottery Barn. At the time, neither Chad nor Trixie was overly sexualized or caricatured: Chad was athletic and could play a sport or two, but he was not necessarily a bulky body-builder nor captain of the varsity team. Trixie was an all-American "girl next door" rather than a bimbo. | |||
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In ''The Outer Limits'' episode "Skin Deep" from 4 February 2000 the unattractive Sid Camden uses a hologram projector to copy the identity of his handsomer coworker Chad Warner guy whose identity gets copied by an unattractive co-worker.<ref>[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ved3w ''The Outer Limits S06E03 Skin Deep''] Dailymotion (Big Time Rush Full Episodes), 31 July 2017.</ref> Both roles were played by Antonio Sabato Junior, feeding in to the whole "just shower sweaty" narrative, as Antonion simply used messy hair and stubble to try and look ugly. | In ''The Outer Limits'' episode "Skin Deep" from 4 February 2000 the unattractive Sid Camden uses a hologram projector to copy the identity of his handsomer coworker Chad Warner guy whose identity gets copied by an unattractive co-worker.<ref>[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ved3w ''The Outer Limits S06E03 Skin Deep''] Dailymotion (Big Time Rush Full Episodes), 31 July 2017.</ref> Both roles were played by Antonio Sabato Junior, feeding in to the whole "just shower sweaty" narrative, as Antonion simply used messy hair and stubble to try and look ugly. | ||
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On August 10th, 2013, the Chad Thundercock Tumblr blog was launched, which coincided with him being defined on UrbanDictionary. | On August 10th, 2013, the Chad Thundercock Tumblr blog was launched, which coincided with him being defined on UrbanDictionary. | ||
===2010s=== | |||
On January 9th, 2015, BodyBuilding Forums user oogahboogah submitted a post titled "[[Chadfishing|Going on Tinder as Chad Thundercock]] is beyond depressing". The post featured screenshots of [[Tinder]] chat sessions using a fake profile. The user was disappointed that the archetypal jock image could get away with being very sexually forward and rude without getting blocked, unlike what typically occurred when the user talked to women using his own profile. | On January 9th, 2015, BodyBuilding Forums user oogahboogah submitted a post titled "[[Chadfishing|Going on Tinder as Chad Thundercock]] is beyond depressing". The post featured screenshots of [[Tinder]] chat sessions using a fake profile. The user was disappointed that the archetypal jock image could get away with being very sexually forward and rude without getting blocked, unlike what typically occurred when the user talked to women using his own profile. | ||
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