chad - noun - a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole (Lexico.com)
After seeing this word this morning, I am now totally convinced that there is a term for everything in the English language. And if it wasn't for blogs like this one, we'd probably never know that there is. The question is do we really need a word for a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole? And do we even use hole punchers any more?
Believe it or not, about two years ago, I once did and practically on a daily basis. As an organized, fastidious educator, I kept binders of hard copies, worksheets, mainly, thinking that one day a meteor would hit, and we would lose access to everything on our laptops. In the bottom drawer of my desk, I kept a sophisticated tool: a black metal hole puncher that looked more like a paper shredder than a hole puncher. It had the ability to make three holes in perfect alignment so that the any piece of 8 X 11 computer paper could easily slip into a binder. The problem was that it created three times as many chads than a regular dollar-store, single hole puncher. Sometimes, the underside catch-all would drop out and litter the floor with perfectly round confetti in the thousands, which was always a pain to clean up. And I wasn't the kind of teacher who insisted that one of my students do the dirty work. I picked up each chad on my own like a good, selfless philanthropist would under the same circumstances.
Due to the insistence of technological progress, I'm sure "chad"and terms like it will become archaic soon. Not that anyone really cares or notices.
Just thought I'd have a bit of trivial fun on a gray Monday.
Enjoy your day.
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