Chad, chad
(tʃæd)
[Origin obscure.]
In full Mr. Chad. The figure of a human head appearing above a wall, etc., with the caption ‘Wot, no ―?’, as a protest against a shortage or the like.
| 1945 Sunday Express 2 Dec. 2/3 What is the origin of that peculiarly laughable figure called Chad we see so often scribbled across our walls? 1946 Times 1 Apr. 5/4 Mr. Chad probably went through a number of evolutions at the hands of a vast number of people before reaching the present state and can claim no one man as creator. ‘Wot! No father,’ it might well complain. 1950 M. Kennedy Feast 220 She drew a picture of Mr. Chad on the terrace wall saying: ‘Wot? No black amber?’ 1965 Oxford Mail 28 Sept. 6 The person..staring chad-like in indolence across the desk-tops. |