edgelord

[ej-lawrd]

noun

1. Slang.,  a person who habitually tries to shock, offend, or provoke others, especially in online spaces and forums.

Example Sentences

“I think what’s happening is we’re seeing the exploitation of civic discourse by people who are trying to outdo each other as being more authentic and how they do that is by being more eliminationist and more aggressive. Aggression and being an edgelord is considered currency.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rowling is playing edgelord from the comfort of a life so far removed from reality that the truth is just a speck in the distance.

From Salon

She’s not joining the cheering members of For Women Scotland and the other anti-trans voices in person, she’s playing edgelord from the comfort of a life so far removed from reality that the truth is just a speck in the distance.

From Salon

The edgelord stuff is titillating but not that popular.

From Slate

Is Bill Burr’s comedy meant to be taken at face value or is he doing a high-wire self-parody of the type of edgelord comedy that drew ire after a Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally?

From Los Angeles Times