A poster on an Internet forum, (particularly 4chan) who expresses opinions which are either strongly nihilistic, ("life has no meaning," or Tyler Durden's special snowflake speech from the film Fight Club being probably the two main examples) or contain references to Hitler, Nazism, fascism, or other taboo topics which are deliberately intended to shock or offend readers.
The term "edgelord," is a noun, which came from the previous adjective, "edgy," which described the above behaviour.
Nietzsche was an edgelord before it was cool.
by petrus4 February 19, 2015
Someone, especially posting on the internet, who uses shocking and nihilistic speech and opinions that they themselves may or may not actually believe to gain attention and come across as a more dangerous and unique person. Most Edgelords are teenagers trying to seem overly cool and/or over-casually apathetic.
"The human race is a blight upon the world, what's wrong with all you people? Honestly I'm just waiting for the next plague to happen," -Johnny Edge
" Oh shut the hell up you whiny edgelord" -Johnny Everyone
by MontethePython7 February 26, 2017
by bigstrongman June 11, 2020
A kid probably under the age if 13 years old who thinks that they are automatically “cool m e m e l o r d s” just by spouting the word “cringe” and making a joke about 9/11 with at least no context.
by dreru May 19, 2018
Anyone who would act offended by the behavior of "social justice warriors," while simultaneously refusing to shut up about what they think is wrong with this country.
Edgelord: You're all just jealous that your candidate didn't win. #Trump2016 #HesYourPresident
Normal commenter: This conversation was literally about puppies until you showed up.
by SvenTheBold January 17, 2017
by just a fucking weeb July 26, 2019
an edgelord is someone who likes to share their whole life on social media and make it very dramatic so people will feel bad for them. they like to pretend to be depressed on their snapchat stories - example “DONT HMU 😔💔” stuff like that. they also like to listen to emo rap like lil peep and ghostmane.
by bluecrayons May 13, 2020