mald

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UK/mɔːld/UK[mɔːɫd]UK, nonstandard/məʊld/UK, nonstandard[mɒʊɫd]

adjective

Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.

“So bald, so mald.”

RareScrabble 7

Meanings

adjectivemald (comparative malder, superlative maldest)

comparative malder · superlative maldest

  1. InternetneologismExtremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.

    So bald, so mald.

verbmald (third-person singular simple present malds, present participle malding, simple past and past participle malded)

present singular third person malds · participle present malding · participle past malded · past malded

  1. 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 36

    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.

    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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APA

mald. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald

MLA

“mald.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mald,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mald.

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