brad

noun3

1. •
   A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

   • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch. — 1936
2. •
   (US) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
3. •
   A binary radian.

verb2

1. •
   To attach using a brad.
2. •
   To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

noun1

1. •
   Synonym of Chadlite (“a man of a slightly lower ranking on a scale of physical attractiveness than Chad”)

   • Members then rate the user, with men who are 10/10 deemed "Chads," those just below them "Brads," those who are around 5/10 "normies," and those who are 3/10 or lower "subhuman" or "ogres." — 2025