[4] The slang term "Chad" originated in the UK during World War II and was employed in a similar humorous manner as Kilroy was here.
[1] It later came into use in Chicago[2] as a derogatory way to describe a young, wealthy man from the city's northern suburbs, typically single and in his twenties or early thirties.
[9] The term has come into use in incel forums and as internet slang to refer to sexually active, genetically superior men, or "alpha males".
[10] Within the manosphere and internet culture, Chads are generally viewed as constituting the top decile in terms of genetic fitness.
[13] Due to their characterization as being genetically gifted and privileged—though sometimes depicted as shallow, air-headed, arrogant, and overtly sexual[14]—the term Chad is used in both a pejorative and complimentary way on incel forums and on the internet as a whole.