A person who is purposely breaking minor rules and restrictions, pretending or believing to be a "bad ass", "gangster" et cetera. The term origins from and is primarily used in Denmark, where it was first used in a Danish television show called "UPS! Det er live" with a sketch involving two tracksuit wearing, bicycle riding men doing things such as ringing at people's doors, to then run away, park bikes where they were not allowed to and so on. The name of the sketch was called "Crime Riders". The term is mostly used ironically about a person.
Dude, I just totally skipped my English class!
Oh what a crimerideryou are!
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".