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See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 4y6yo0ce1n3wjvychg2qq35bh6kcgp7 1341810556 1341810404 2026-03-05T05:11:11Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341810556 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, chud is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Rebecca |date=2026-01-19 |title=Chud Meaning Decoded: Is It an Insult or a Meme? |url=https://utell.ai/blog/chud-meaning-explained-and-development/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Utell AI Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} ocjyz5jfpwav69ltvb93xbtv05uebp8 1341810897 1341810556 2026-03-05T05:14:13Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341810897 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, chud is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a varient of the Wojak internet meme.<ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Rebecca |date=2026-01-19 |title=Chud Meaning Decoded: Is It an Insult or a Meme? |url=https://utell.ai/blog/chud-meaning-explained-and-development/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Utell AI Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} tnp10jsoc0yjzfutnardbls2nmlil0r 1341811718 1341810897 2026-03-05T05:21:04Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341811718 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, chud is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a varient of the Wojak internet meme.<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Rebecca |date=2026-01-19 |title=Chud Meaning Decoded: Is It an Insult or a Meme? |url=https://utell.ai/blog/chud-meaning-explained-and-development/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Utell AI Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} kihmbz55tjo09jg53usz0sfkf0t7cnn 1341812454 1341811718 2026-03-05T05:27:56Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Origin */ 1341812454 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, chud is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a varient of the Wojak internet meme.<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} rvvku57i3ll526e1102ip3f7rg08n9b 1341812868 1341812454 2026-03-05T05:30:53Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Origin */ 1341812868 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} rr7894o4n44l6rr5sljc3jishwoyme9 1341814274 1341812868 2026-03-05T05:40:51Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341814274 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref name=":3" /> While the term has possibly been used since 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 3o4dz1ynvoswmww69imdpt04zhjh4cy 1341815214 1341814274 2026-03-05T05:47:47Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341815214 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on the sites Twitter and Reddit to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 7l5adgibx4azcnsxr74e56ls2c28q1y 1341817217 1341815214 2026-03-05T06:02:54Z ~2026-14177-46 52658921 /* Chudjak */ 1341817217 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on the sites Twitter and Reddit to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, or Poljak, is an variation of the Wojak internet meme. He is designed to bear resemblance to and mock the far-right mass murderer Patrick Crusius. The character originated from the 4Chan board /pol/ and == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 0pbsvivnmzj4nx8u0yst2hj6h9pp0x6 1341817594 1341817217 2026-03-05T06:06:52Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341817594 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on the sites Twitter and Reddit to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, or Poljak, is an variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]]. He is designed to bear resemblance to and mock the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Draft:Chud (pejorative)/pol/|/pol/]] and == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 494xa8bsj4uvicbjnfvbv9xiiksbfia 1341818312 1341817594 2026-03-05T06:12:34Z Not1Soul 50397769 1341818312 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]] [[internet meme]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on the sites Twitter and Reddit to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, or Poljak, is an variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]]. He is designed to bear resemblance to and mock the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} bd303wfci48lyy5tuw1ynpspqvmrn3k 1341819873 1341818312 2026-03-05T06:18:53Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Origin */ 1341819873 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In Internet culture, '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> In non-political cases, it's used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monster that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to decline any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on the sites Twitter and Reddit to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, or Poljak, is an variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]]. He is designed to bear resemblance to and mock the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used in multiple popular internet memes. One of the most popular memes is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, <ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 74sek72sec8w2kbn9mnjwgr99o8xg24 1342106661 1341819873 2026-03-07T01:15:26Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342106661 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]]. He is designed to bear resemblance to and mock the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used in multiple popular internet memes. One of the most popular memes is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, <ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} p1t33y9todzedu0gt9mbnfyk8hhymbi 1342107759 1342106661 2026-03-07T01:25:20Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342107759 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word chud, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes, and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the Chudjak is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, <ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} i1auf1jdbws7m9yfkbf36igzut81y37 1342108555 1342107759 2026-03-07T01:31:46Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342108555 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, <ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} s65r5whe5kgq71xe9grztoqj97qsl4m 1342109896 1342108555 2026-03-07T01:45:29Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342109896 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party]].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard that says, 'Nothing Ever Happens'<ref name=":6" /> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. It is commonly used in political posts to reject <ref name=":5" /> == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 8c1uhzl7rs0nnfq1wxwaqcgqch8ylrf 1342124197 1342109896 2026-03-07T04:09:46Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342124197 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by soyteens, which are members of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']].<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard that says, 'Nothing Ever Happens'<ref name=":6" /> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject <ref name=":5" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} jn6wrugdekqko13arnxm2gwfmob99yt 1342124437 1342124197 2026-03-07T04:12:35Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342124437 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''[[Chud (slang)|chud]]''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person.<ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]]. While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called soyteens.<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard that says, 'Nothing Ever Happens'<ref name=":6" /> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject <ref name=":5" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 25nclsqjl62bl1fnh5olpyfraj3sq6z 1342126232 1342124437 2026-03-07T04:31:37Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342126232 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2" /> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called soyteens.<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard that says, 'Nothing Ever Happens'<ref name=":6" /> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject <ref name=":5" /> Far right internet users have used the character as a [[personification]] of their movement. The most well-known person to do so was Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], who was referenced in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 8vwu3zmmn2m0ralmaer82nwsbeu60ri 1342126839 1342126232 2026-03-07T04:38:39Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342126839 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0" /> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1" /> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2" /> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3" /> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called soyteens.<ref name=":4" /> The Chudjak character has been used similarly to the word he's named after, with the left-wing using him to mock popular right-wing quotes and far right using him as a [[personification]] of their movement. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phras 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6" /> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The original phrase originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject <ref name=":5" /> Far right internet users have used the character as a [[personification]] of their movement. The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die'. The most well-known person to do so was Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], who was referenced in his username<ref name=":7" /> and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} rcrbdmeo254x8ndf1cu9woclor5nqpo 1342128598 1342126839 2026-03-07T04:59:07Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342128598 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phras 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The original phrase originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject [[alarmism]], sometimes in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase '[[Post-Western era|The West Has Fallen]]; [[Final Solution|Billions Must Die]]' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by extremists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The most well-known person to do so was Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], who was referenced in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} fzk4be4raxzv4h64sgccbti7qfok5b9 1342218161 1342128598 2026-03-07T19:03:34Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342218161 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The original phrase originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject [[alarmism]], sometimes in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 0ezbbuyzo693mcqbnzw5z25cpeqoqkc 1342221110 1342218161 2026-03-07T19:21:02Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342221110 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The original phrase originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject [[alarmism]], sometimes in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would make a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt expressing his appreciation for a day in the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo with a day of the week replacing New York on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' variant specifically extremely violent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)|Facist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 7pophlvtjqtssx0lcwghcbyiyltmak5 1342222223 1342221110 2026-03-07T19:28:43Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342222223 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The original phrase originated from 2012. It is commonly used in political posts to reject [[alarmism]], sometimes in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would make a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt expressing his appreciation for a day in the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo with a day of the week replacing New York on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)|Facist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} fnhmbzbbr9likl5mrpaeaxsb7b4ikkt 1342222962 1342222223 2026-03-07T19:34:41Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342222962 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject [[alarmism]], sometimes in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would make a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt expressing his appreciation for a day in the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo with a day of the week replacing New York on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)|Facist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 4gnkgihjq7as3suj6325auzdfz1bzww 1342223928 1342222962 2026-03-07T19:42:30Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342223928 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a varient of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly said as an insult from left-wingers but is sometimes used by far-right internet users to relate to each other. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term comes from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the movie, the acronym describes a species of humanoid, flesh eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word had possibly started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]] to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially called 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far right, and non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would make a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt expressing his appreciation for a day in the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo with a day of the week replacing New York on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)|Facist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} jkzs531pdt08lqctrwjrfugfh9yyzf0 1342225618 1342223928 2026-03-07T19:56:04Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ Fixed grammar 1342225618 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult by left-wingers but is sometimes employed by far-right internet users to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York' on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} 4jkm0n43z3fjjggi9cjxs96gvf4jnmm 1342226002 1342225618 2026-03-07T19:59:12Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342226002 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult by left-wingers but is sometimes employed by far-right internet users to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York' on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] 7m0v24rdohfzqdul028g9yt3ivy3s0g 1342226291 1342226002 2026-03-07T20:01:21Z Ns1sou 51168416 Submitting using [[WP:AFCSW|AfC-submit-wizard]] 1342226291 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative for the far-right}} {{Draft topics|internet-culture|media}} {{AfC topic|other}} {{AfC submission|||ts=20260307200121|u=Ns1sou|ns=118}} {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult by left-wingers but is sometimes employed by far-right internet users to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York' on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] b1oj3udu4p6xsi6lfg4m2nww3dcltuq 1342228109 1342226291 2026-03-07T20:15:08Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342228109 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative for the far-right}} {{Draft topics|internet-culture|media}} {{AfC topic|other}} {{AfC submission|||ts=20260307200121|u=Ns1sou|ns=118}} {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. -->In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult by left-wingers but is sometimes employed by far-right internet users to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] h4v998jl08glkmcaotp0e8zvy7pwrh0 1342228700 1342228109 2026-03-07T20:20:02Z Ns1sou 51168416 fixed tone 1342228700 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative for the far-right}} {{Draft topics|internet-culture|media}} {{AfC topic|other}} {{AfC submission|||ts=20260307200121|u=Ns1sou|ns=118}} {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. --> In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by far-right internet users to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] slang term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] hydnvv21ykz2kaajxg57zgcf2kxp6mh 1342259458 1342228700 2026-03-08T00:07:23Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342259458 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative for the far-right}} {{Draft topics|internet-culture|media}} {{AfC topic|other}} {{AfC submission|||ts=20260307200121|u=Ns1sou|ns=118}} {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. --> In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] hs1gvnhb7po07tbgyp6u0fei8fdn7ue 1342299707 1342259458 2026-03-08T06:00:49Z Ns1sou 51168416 Ns1sou moved page [[Draft:Chud (pejorative)]] to [[Chud (pejorative)]]: Move to mainspace: Draft finish, autoconfirmed user 1342259458 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative for the far-right}} {{Draft topics|internet-culture|media}} {{AfC topic|other}} {{AfC submission|||ts=20260307200121|u=Ns1sou|ns=118}} {{AfC submission|t||ts=20260304212540|u=Not1Soul|ns=118|demo=}} <!-- Important, do not remove anything above this line before article has been created. --> In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Draft articles about internet memes]] [[Category:Draft articles about politics and government]] hs1gvnhb7po07tbgyp6u0fei8fdn7ue 1342299850 1342299707 2026-03-08T06:02:10Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342299850 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] - An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] gjcw8yk7crlftofi42lvai2i2yq7b8w 1342300121 1342299850 2026-03-08T06:04:32Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342300121 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] 8zde1urzw044wcdy6sdh51xqgkrivmb 1342305963 1342300121 2026-03-08T06:44:10Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342305963 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A multitude of variations of the Chudjak meme, with 1 and 4 being the most common]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] ssck0in6b83xdws3qlssw8ewrvpxz1l 1342306758 1342305963 2026-03-08T06:52:12Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342306758 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, the word '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A multitude of variations of the Chudjak meme, with 1 and 4 being the most common]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] okkvs629gs5hygrlrsxl6pqlrunk0gd 1342308466 1342306758 2026-03-08T07:04:22Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342308466 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A multitude of variations of the Chudjak meme, with 1 and 4 being the most common]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] rao0qoipdxdzkq8ysg8b13ivr08yj7y 1342309052 1342308466 2026-03-08T07:07:58Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342309052 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the early 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A multitude of variations of the Chudjak meme, with 1 and 4 being the most common]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 6219vw3sxa0bxfbajud1qwbu74yv1bz 1342309140 1342309052 2026-03-08T07:08:48Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Origin */ 1342309140 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A multitude of variations of the Chudjak meme, with 1 and 4 being the most common]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] rf82wcz7a4kck5hhbcz33u1ha1lacmn 1342311560 1342309140 2026-03-08T07:29:59Z Ns1sou 51168416 /* Chudjak */ 1342311560 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme mocking the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 1xej43pb9zbmsg8avsabbb066jq3xog 1342318770 1342311560 2026-03-08T09:00:47Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Chudjak */ 1342318770 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], which are colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] e3lpez1j5ge309mdlbomsrkv19x2q58 1342373044 1342318770 2026-03-08T16:17:09Z Not1Soul 50397769 Fixed wording 1342373044 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]]. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 0oi89pa5wbd9igyaepst5zkdndkcrw9 1342378164 1342373044 2026-03-08T16:52:09Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342378164 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] ky5idqe9uhh07to4icwknpkkzd3vymj 1342378274 1342378164 2026-03-08T16:52:46Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342378274 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and people like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] nfuaaaubisbas9j3bsogzd7k49fnm70 1342378346 1342378274 2026-03-08T16:53:09Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342378346 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the [[Chudjak]], a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] ky5idqe9uhh07to4icwknpkkzd3vymj 1342378673 1342378346 2026-03-08T16:54:58Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342378673 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a poker game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing cargo shorts, waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] r745ybldhr7qrjtttfz112voxtjv7t7 1342378877 1342378673 2026-03-08T16:56:06Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342378877 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol [[TND (hate symbol)|TND]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 0fequpycqa5vdrhxdof7j0lisegill1 1342379259 1342378877 2026-03-08T16:58:36Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342379259 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] s61bvpvo5nmmr9pst110s21p6kkx66z 1342380048 1342379259 2026-03-08T17:03:57Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342380048 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] character by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 5wvc3o0nkb5xocktctdvym4sa1ncu28 1342396183 1342380048 2026-03-08T19:06:02Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342396183 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] The Chudjak, also known as the Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] obdc56o9v0ex7n29fcvyafimmknong7 1342397857 1342396183 2026-03-08T19:17:10Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342397857 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for a person with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 6v4ngola4lmwdf1an3uqayguk7ktoam 1342430824 1342397857 2026-03-08T22:46:25Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342430824 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie [[C.H.U.D.]] In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] bj1gxkdpbdxkkeclsfjjovb1a7wrz3x 1342431688 1342430824 2026-03-08T22:52:17Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342431688 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in leftist circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 95176hgsbvyj2z1lnjs3l6ypbe1at81 1342493767 1342431688 2026-03-09T06:55:21Z Dimadick 24198 1342493767 wikitext text/x-wiki In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] frbqm6nu0ezywbroi22yviuctc1nwdo 1342573253 1342493767 2026-03-09T18:13:01Z Ns1sou 51168416 1342573253 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and others like him. The character originated from the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" /> and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] a1mau5073p7qanh4gei9cvssa972058 1342683896 1342573253 2026-03-10T05:30:03Z Not1Soul 50397769 Fixed misinformation 1342683896 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" />. He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:/pol/ phenomena]] 206kmpx32huvfrs4kvsdlvvnly0qhsb 1342684089 1342683896 2026-03-10T05:31:26Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342684089 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" />. He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] 0b52e7cxpgxmo1i45y64zdbftubk8cy 1342684253 1342684089 2026-03-10T05:32:25Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342684253 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]]<ref name=":1" />. He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Incel subculture]] 2fx4ovykbbxdyq1cjkjf9t2l6y9vj52 1342686000 1342684253 2026-03-10T05:43:10Z Not1Soul 50397769 1342686000 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by users of the imageboard [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Incel subculture]] dzlgwsrvjiqc6s857zmge37tn2ryxqh 1342725547 1342686000 2026-03-10T11:25:28Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Chudjak */ 1342725547 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan for [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Incel subculture]] aqkhn0l4incjwws766ogkdj6wfempvi 1342857070 1342725547 2026-03-11T01:22:33Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Chudjak */ 1342857070 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An internet meme similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Incel subculture]] 5o1yw9kghlo2wewnrw1d7xdvwdqjjlv 1342938303 1342857070 2026-03-11T11:11:33Z Not1Soul 50397769 /* Chudjak */ 1342938303 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Incel subculture]] mn1uhi6fzi2e4aaqfisnkjvlhdgyp4s 1343172318 1342938303 2026-03-12T18:26:25Z Not1Soul 50397769 1343172318 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the 'The West Has Fallen' slogan]] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Far-right politics and social media]] mv35qk9v4ykg21w93mbj6a4t0lds3rp 1343794851 1343172318 2026-03-16T12:26:46Z WereSpielChequers 4071608 c/e 1343794851 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the slogan 'The West Has Fallen']] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party|''soyjak.party'']], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Far-right politics and social media]] gevatstnxbytrvldg8x1joz0i5gcytb 1344044664 1343794851 2026-03-17T23:44:52Z TalkTuahLunchly 48617839 /* Chudjak */ 1344044664 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Origin == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the slogan 'The West Has Fallen']] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party]], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Far-right politics and social media]] 3tzqqa4rqovove0uhkpsxrdg1s8zvxn 1345078381 1344044664 2026-03-24T05:03:31Z Aradicus77 42536815 /* Origin */ 1345078381 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Etymology == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]] and [[Reddit]], where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the slogan 'The West Has Fallen']] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party]], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Far-right politics and social media]] olw9qbqf11ct4p18lqqsvnpac524ia1 1345230703 1345078381 2026-03-25T01:32:32Z Margesimpsonfanaccount 51741357 Added another source. 1345230703 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Etymology == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]], [[Reddit]], and [[soyjak.party]] where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the slogan 'The West Has Fallen']] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party]], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{2020s slang}} [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2003]] [[Category:Political pejoratives for people]] [[Category:Far-right politics and social media]] fxldslndhkuegesufrzbj6skd9tsvib 1345230735 1345230703 2026-03-25T01:32:46Z Margesimpsonfanaccount 51741357 /* Chudjak */ 1345230735 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|Pejorative term for the far-right}} In internet culture, '''chud''' is a pejorative term for someone with [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=chud |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/chud |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is often paired with the Chudjak, a variant of the [[Wojak]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Violent Origins Of The Chudjak |url=https://dailydot.com/chudjak/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly used as an insult in [[leftist]] circles but is sometimes employed by the far-right to relate to one another. In non-political cases, it is used to mean a foolish or unpleasant person<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=From “Unc” to “Chopped,” Explaining the Most Viral Slang Terms of the Year |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/viral-slang-terms-year-explained |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> and is sometimes contrasted with the [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] meme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-10-07 |title=Side By Side Pics Of A Young Gavin Newsom & JD Vance Sparked A Brutal Internet War |url=https://www.thelist.com/1982991/jd-vance-gavin-newsom-young-side-by-side-pics-internet-war/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> == Etymology == The term originates from the 1984 movie ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'' In the film, the acronym refers to a group of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters that were once humans, but mutated due to [[radioactive waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chance |date=2026-03-05 |title=The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Understanding the internet's most unhinged subculture |url=https://mashable.com/article/looksmaxxing-glossary-clavicular |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> While the word may have started pejorative use in 2003 to describe any repulsive person,<ref name=":1" /> its usage shifted as it became popular in the 2020s<ref name=":2" /> on sites such as [[X (social network)|Twitter]], [[Reddit]], and [[soyjak.party]] where it was used to describe someone as socially ignorant.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ghumman |date=2026-03-02 |title=Chud Meaning: Definition, Usage, Context Explained 2026 |url=https://wordverra.com/chud-meaning/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=wordverra.com |language=en-US}}</ref> == Chudjak == [[File:Chudjak variations.png|thumb|A Chudjak meme satirizing the slogan 'The West Has Fallen']] Chudjak, also known as Poljak or Le /pol/ Face, is a variation of the Wojak [[internet meme]] named after the term ''chud''. He is depicted with short black hair, furrowing eyebrows, square-rimmed glasses, and a [[Retrognathism|receding chin]]'''.''' He is designed to bear resemblance to and make fun of the far-right mass murderer [[Patrick Crusius]] and users of the [[4chan|4Chan]] board [[Pol (4chan)|/pol/]].<ref name=":1" /> He originated from the imageboard Kohlchan and is considered a [[Soyjak]] by the users of another imageboard named [[soyjak.party]], colloquially referred to as 'soyteens'.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Driven to self-loathing': Inside the extremist website believed to 'groom' teen attackers - Raw Story |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/solomon-henderson-natalie-rupnow/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}</ref> The Chudjak character has been used in both leftist, far-right, as well as non-political spaces, similar to the word he's named after. One of the most popular memes with the character is the Nothing Ever Happens reaction image, which features the Chudjak either as a teacher pointing at the whiteboard with the phrase 'Nothing Ever Happens' written on it<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=masonrenner@ku.edu |first=Mason Renner {{!}} |date=2025-12-04 |title=Does Nothing Ever Happen? |url=https://www.kansan.com/opinion/does-nothing-ever-happen/article_65fa749f-2474-4af8-878c-1ad76e122b6a.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The University Daily Kansan |language=en}}</ref> or betting all his chips in a [[poker]] game that nothing will happen. The catchphrase used in the meme originated from 2012 on 4Chan's /pol/ board. It is commonly used in political posts to reject either [[alarmism]] or a warning that will likely not carry any consequences. Sometimes, it is used in an ironic sense.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=All In On The Nothing Ever Happens Meme |url=https://dailydot.com/nothing-ever-happens-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, a trend started on Twitter where users would create a variation of the Chudjak wearing a shirt that expresses appreciation for a day of the week. These 'Weekjaks' were depicted wearing [[Cargo pants|cargo shorts]], waving their hands, and wearing a shirt with a parody of the [[I Love New York]] logo, with a weekday replacing 'New York', on it. Some users made the 'Thursdayjak' in particular extremely violent towards the other weekjaks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Weekjaks Wage War Over Which Day Of The Week Wins |url=https://dailydot.com/weekjaks-meme/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=dailydot.com |language=en}}</ref> Some far-right internet users have adopted the character as a [[personification]] of their movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-03 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'? |url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-whats-wojaks |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Lifehacker |language=en}}</ref> The phrase 'The West Has Fallen; Billions Must Die' is commonly associated with the Chudjak and has been used as a hate slogan by [[Militant accelerationism|accelerationists]] and other race supremacists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GPAHE |date=2025-01-24 |title=Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Inspiration Drawn From The Online Far-Right |url=https://globalextremism.org/post/nashville-shooters-manifesto/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Global Project Against Hate and Extremism |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Jonathan Suseno |date=2023-11-08 |title=‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines |url=https://gnet-research.org/2023/11/08/yup-another-far-right-classic-the-propagation-of-far-right-content-on-tiktok-in-malaysia-indonesia-and-the-philippines/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> The character has also been associated with the hate symbol '[[TND (hate symbol)|TND]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiennes |first=Guy |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote |url=https://gnet-research.org/2025/03/27/the-great-tiktok-migration-western-extremists-flock-to-rednote/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=GNET |language=en-GB}}</ref> Solomon Henderson, the perpetrator of the [[Antioch High School shooting]], referenced the Chudjak in his username{{efn|Henderson's username on [[Pinterest]] was aryanchudcel88.}} and multiple times in his writings.<ref name=":4" /> == See also == * [[Fascist (insult)]] * [[China's final warning]] – An idiom similar to Nothing Ever Happens ==Notes== {{Notelist}} == References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. 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