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The word "mad" How do you use it?

Poll: The word "mad" (15 member(s) have cast votes)

In what context do use the word "mad" more?

  1. Angry (U mad?) (6 votes [35.29%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 35.29%

  2. Insane (a la mad scientist) (2 votes [11.76%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 11.76%

  3. Both regularly (5 votes [29.41%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 29.41%

  4. Neither. "Huffy" and "bonkers" suit me quite fine, thank you. (1 votes [5.88%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

  5. Other (mad libs etc.) (3 votes [17.65%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 17.65%

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That thread about sanity got me thinking about this, so I decided to do some public inquiring. :)

This post has been edited by Thunderwear: 08 January 2011 - 04:15 PM

  • #1
  • 08 January 2011 - 10:07 AM
i tend to use it for situations i.e

"the shopping center was mad"

i don't tend to use it for sanity (but i do sometimes)
i tend to use:
insane for insanity
  • #2
  • 08 January 2011 - 11:58 AM
this is by far the most pointless thread ever opened on the forum.
no disrespect.

This post has been edited by oddguy: 08 January 2011 - 12:36 PM

  • #3
  • 08 January 2011 - 12:36 PM
  • Taeshi
  • one hot bitch
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I agree.

Recess'd
  • #4
  • 08 January 2011 - 01:54 PM

View Postbigdogstan, on 08 January 2011 - 11:58 AM, said:

i tend to use it for situations i.e

"the shopping center was mad"

i don't tend to use it for sanity (but i do sometimes)
i tend to use:
insane for insanity


Heh, I forgot about that one. #^_^# I added it as an option now.

View Postoddguy, on 08 January 2011 - 12:36 PM, said:

this is by far the most pointless thread ever opened on the forum.
no disrespect.


No offense taken. I just thought at the moment it'd fit under "Social Studies", 'cuz it was about day-to-day vocabulary. :)
I mean, how am I supposed to know what the mods find to be an interesting thread. ':-/
  • #5
  • 08 January 2011 - 02:09 PM
I tend to use it for all three meanings although, the last one (ie: "dude, that was mad coolio") a lot less often than the other two.
  • #6
  • 08 January 2011 - 03:24 PM
  • ILB
  • secretly a man :smirk:
    Member
I use it as either synonymous with anger ("He's really mad with me") or as synonymous with crazy or insane. In the latter case, I often find myself saying about non-clinical insanity as well, such as in the phrase "I'm going slightly mad".

Oh, and mad libs. Those are fun. ^_^
  • #7
  • 08 January 2011 - 03:52 PM
  • Lycan
  • call me lyucs
    Member
I only use it to express anger.

I prefer crazy, or insane for insanity.

And, I see threads much more pointless every now and then...
  • #8
  • 08 January 2011 - 06:00 PM
Like most citizens of the Internet I only use it for 2 phrases. This is madness!!! And you mad bro? So I'd have to say both.
  • #9
  • 08 January 2011 - 06:19 PM
Is there no reason

That you couldn't answer this

With a God damned dictionary?
  • #10
  • 08 January 2011 - 06:40 PM
mad is the same as insane

NOT THE SAME AS ANGRY!
stupid American pervertion of meaning
  • #11
  • 08 January 2011 - 07:56 PM

View Postiain_westy, on 08 January 2011 - 07:56 PM, said:

mad is the same as insane

NOT THE SAME AS ANGRY!
stupid American pervertion of meaning


Is it bad whenever I see the word America I think of the America fuck ya song. When I live in America?
  • #12
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:01 PM
no man! take it down from the inside. Overthrow your opressors are join the revolution!
  • #13
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:09 PM
Um no thanks I'm good.
  • #14
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:12 PM
go onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! you know you want to! just a little bit of revolting?
PLEASE!
  • #15
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:13 PM
Once again, let's have a debate about how words carry different connotations in different contexts.
  • #16
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:13 PM
well the word "Revolting" is a good start.
  • #17
  • 08 January 2011 - 08:15 PM
  • ILB
  • secretly a man :smirk:
    Member

Quote

With a God damned dictionary?


Oh, yes, dictionaries chronicle the popular usage of words. ^_^
  • #18
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:07 PM

View PostILB, on 08 January 2011 - 09:07 PM, said:

Oh, yes, dictionaries chronicle the popular usage of words. ^_^


A thesaurus might also be helpful here.

SOMEONE FETCH ONE

SO THAT I MIGHT SPANK THE OP WITH IT
  • #19
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:09 PM
what is a hipster? i though it was a type of jeans but aparently its posible for a person to be one
  • #20
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:10 PM

View Postiain_westy, on 08 January 2011 - 09:10 PM, said:

what is a hipster? i though it was a type of jeans but aparently its posible for a person to be one


Posted Image
  • #21
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:17 PM
hard to imagin a better answer than that one
  • #22
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:19 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words. n_n
  • #23
  • 08 January 2011 - 09:33 PM

View PostJerk, on 08 January 2011 - 06:40 PM, said:

Is there no reason

That you couldn't answer this

With a God damned dictionary?


It's pretty hard to look up peoples' preferences in a dictionary.
  • #24
  • 08 January 2011 - 10:17 PM
Not really. I mean, if people didn't prefer to use those versions in the dictionary, they wouldn't be in the dictionary.
  • #25
  • 08 January 2011 - 11:01 PM

View PostJerk, on 08 January 2011 - 09:17 PM, said:

Posted Image


You forgot the bag. :P
  • #26
  • 08 January 2011 - 11:13 PM
Technically, any bag in which I place the douche becomes a "douche bag."

Unless that's what they mean by the little filler bulb at the end, in which case I've already posted it.

SO THERE, SMARTYPANTS
  • #27
  • 08 January 2011 - 11:22 PM
I'm kind of convinced the word hipster doesn't mean anything anymore. It's used too much, if you're between the ages of 16-24 and you wear clothes you are a hipster.

And I know, I used to use the word 'hipster' to define people who just wore retarded trendy shit, and are asshole elitists when it comes to people's taste in music. But it seems that no matter what your characteristics are you are going to judged as a hipster by somebody.
  • #28
  • 09 January 2011 - 12:30 AM
I'm a big fan of the magazine. And I've lost faith in all of you for not mentioning it yet.

This post has been edited by Scotch: 09 January 2011 - 02:26 AM

  • #29
  • 09 January 2011 - 02:16 AM
misplaced faith in the first place.
  • #30
  • 09 January 2011 - 06:15 PM
Mad Magazine kind of sucks now. I don't know. I haven't found it funny since I was twelve. :P
  • #31
  • 09 January 2011 - 06:21 PM

View PostRawrdinosaur, on 08 January 2011 - 08:01 PM, said:

View Postiain_westy, on 08 January 2011 - 07:56 PM, said:

mad is the same as insane

NOT THE SAME AS ANGRY!
stupid American pervertion of meaning


Is it bad whenever I see the word America I think of the America fuck ya song. When I live in America?



it doesn't mean angry?O_O
(lol i though it did, plus i live in england...? so did i just screw up the language? )


when i think of America i think of... cowboys, multiple cartoons and mc donnalds :D
but hey :D
  • #32
  • 09 January 2011 - 08:09 PM
@ Jerk - D'awww, you bastard-guy. I still like it. But I am very easily amused.
  • #33
  • 10 January 2011 - 04:02 AM
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