edgelord

American  

[ej-lawrd] / ˈɛdʒˌlɔrd /

noun

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

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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

But Deadpool is and always has been a faux-naughty edgelord and tryhard.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s pure millennial edgelord material.

From Slate

The thing about being an edgelord, though, is that outside the context of whatever internet subcommunity in which the person resides, the content is off-putting.

From Slate