mald

See also: mȧld and mäld

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːld/, [mɔːɫd]
• (UK, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /məʊld/, [mɒʊɫd]
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɔld/, (cot–caught merger) /mɑld/
• Rhymes: -ɔːld
• Homophone: mauled

Adjective

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

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

Participle

mald

1. past participle of mala