Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory, mildly)Someone who tries to appear edgy by doing or saying provocative, controversial, taboo, or offensive things.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is an edgelord.

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  2. You're not a leftist; you're a contrarian edgelord who typically sides with the far right.

    deDu bist kein Linker, sondern ein immer widersprechender Provokateur, der typischerweise auf seiten der extremen Rechten steht. — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  3. This site would be much more active if it had moderation, with more good-quality users who aren't Nazis or edgelords.

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Origin

From edge (“the limit of acceptable behavior”) + -lord

From edge (“the limit of acceptable behavior”) + -lord

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Forms

plural: edgelords
Singularedgelord
Pluraledgelords

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eddyedgeB1edgewaysedgewise

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