Etymograph

English

Gigachad

From giga- + Chad.

Formed from giga- + Chad

Ancient Greek γίγας ‘giant’

English giga-

English chat ‘louse’

English Chad

The story

Coined by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who described Russian model Ernest Khalimov as a "gigachad" who was "the perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians" (see quotation below).

Today it means

name A nickname for a model from Russia, Ernest Khalimov, often featured in memes derived from several images posted by the Instagram account berlin.1969.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Gigachad