Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Angry about a game, especially of a sore loser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, neologism, not-comparable
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adj
Provoking or tending to provoke anger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, neologism, not-comparable
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adj
Angry or irate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, broadly, neologism, not-comparable
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verb
present participle and gerund of mald
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From mald + -ing, itself a blend of mad + bald. First cited usage of "mald" points back to November 2011 with an entry made on Urban Dictionary by user Yozaru. Became part of gaming culture in 2019 through the streamer Forsen, specifically referring to someone becoming so mad at a game they turn bald, either through stress or hair pulling.
