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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

At my last job some intern burst into Slack calling everyone "mald" for disagreeing with his sexist memes. That whole event was just a couple of hours.

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 59 points 1 year ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I believe it's supposed to be a portmanteau of "mad" and "bald," possibly implying that we were discontent merely because of age.

[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 year ago

The portmanteau is correct, but "malding" means that the person is balding from sheer anger.

[-] Primer81@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 year ago

I assume the intern meant malding? As in, he's saying everyone was upset.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago
[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Similar to "coping" and "seething"

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm curious about the etymology. It's not in any classic lexicon.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mad & balding is what I understand it to be.

[-] undefined@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

It's a slang term used as a verb usually. To mald is to be mad. He was calling them mad.

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

When you are so mad you bald

[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Mad while balding.

[-] Little8Lost@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe maid? But i am not the original commentor

[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Mad while balding.

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