Meaning

noun a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

noun a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

noun a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

originFrom Middle English Chadde, from Old English Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male” originates from an apparent stereotype that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament, first attested in c. late 1990s in Chicago, Illinois (specifically "successful white man, yuppie"), but in common usage only as of…

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