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This week’s words
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edgelord

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(EJ-lord)

MEANING:

noun: A person who affects an edgy persona by saying or doing provocative or offensive things, chiefly to attract attention.

ETYMOLOGY:

From edge, from Old English ecg + lord, from hlaford (loaf guard). Earliest documented use: 2013.

NOTES:

An edgelord’s goal is not persuasion, humor, or insight, but reaction. The term is often used dismissively, suggesting that the “edge” is for the show and the lordship entirely self-bestowed. In other words, all edge, no point.

USAGE:

“While this Superman is light-hearted, he is not an edgelord like Deadpool. Instead, he is an outsider with a fierce optimism about humanity, and a will to bring people together.”
Danny Leigh; Hollywood’s Box Office Superhero Returns; Financial Times (London, UK); Jul 12, 2025.

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