A fork of Rural Dictionary
acronym for Mutual Assured Destruction, a theory that states that a nation wouldn't begin a nuclear war because the opposing nation would destroy them in retaliation.
MAD may very well have saved all our asses from a nuclear holocaust on several occasions.
a term meaning "a lot" or "very"; can be likened to the West Coast term "hella"
"Yo it's mad hot in here"
"That bitch is mad ugly son!Damn!"
"Mad" By New Yorkers was created by Alex Garofalo back in 1990's. The word "mad" spread quickly through out the island because of its addiction of saying.
Alex- "That's MAD cool"-1996
Alex- "That's MAD far!"-2000
Alex- "Fuck that shit thats MAD gay"=2006
Madness is not a blurring or distortion of reality.. It's a sudden extreme clarity of things, unaffected by feelings or emotions"
- Ken Muslimovic.
A: You're mad.
B: That, I am, dear friend. That, I surely am.
Recently acquired by DC Comics, it's the best humor magazine EVER. Sure, there's a handful of commercial advertisements in its pages nowadays, but who cares about that?
Features content such as movie/TV show satires, Spy Vs. Spy, offbeat comic strips, etc. MAD's mascot since its inception, Alfred E. Neuman, is on every cover in some humorous fashion.
The magazine has also spun-off a fairly good TV series, "Mad TV," which airs in reruns on Comedy Central. Basically, Saturday Night Live on steroids. ;-)
Over the years, MAD has driven its competitor, CRACKED, into the dust.