Do Americans use the word 'mad' as slang meaning good?

Pinwurm · 1 year

At least in the northeast, Mad is slang for "very".

Example: "That was mad difficult" -> That was very difficult. You can even say, "he was mad mad" -> he was very mad.

TasteThePaste · 1 year

It's much bigger in east than anywhere else I know of. A lot of slang is regional.

dedicationhardwork · 1 year

As someone born and raised in New Jersey, I believe "mad" is more often used as a synonym for "very." As in "they were mad excited."

rm999 · 1 year

No, but as others have said it does mean 'very' on parts of the east coast. But even in those regions a lot of people don't say it; frankly I think it makes people sound kind of dumb, but it's not huge in the region I'm from (DC/MD area).

elasto · 1 year

Sometimes. The most often I hear it is in reference to video game skills, as in: "You have mad skillz."

crookers · 1 year

mad! thanks everyone

redliza · 1 year

I never hear this in the northwest, aside from maybe a geek saying "mad skillz". In fact, we sometimes (rarely) use "crazy" to mean "very" instead.

ModernRonin · 1 year

Not generally. "Mad" usually means "angry." There is sometimes a slang usage of "insane" to mean "insanely good".

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