Meanings
present singular third person malds · participle present malding · participle past malded · past malded
- InternetneologismTo become extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
I make money in my sleep, got you hatin' on me Malding in my chat while you're tryna take a peep
2022 January 16, Amouranth, “Down Bad”3 more examples
In his "hardest game" series, he plays malding games, named for the rage they provoke in those who play them.
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[…] “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, […]
2021 August 10, Dylan Maroney, quoting a comment by HarleyJ, Livestreaming Vico: Imagination and the Ecology of Literacy in Online Gaming, Georgia State University, archived from the original on 24 May 2022, page 36It 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.
2022 July 18, Sentenzà, “I think Jailer heroic was nerfed too hard”, in Blizzard.com
Origin
Blend of mad + bald. See malding for further etymology.
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mald. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald
“mald.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mald,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald.
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