1) Whenever things get rough beyond all reasonable standards. An expression of an inability to make any headway against the fundamental ridiculousness of a shitty situation.
Pioneered by Adam and Josiah about halfway through a confusing
trip in Eugene, OR, it quickly became a useful, though somewhat overused, descriptor for a lot the crap that life throws at you. It also evolved into a universal adjective to directly describe
people and things as
well as situations. Sometimes shortened to
MH.
2) Can be used as a reply to a complaint. In this form it is descriptive, but takes on the additional sense of empathizing with the speaker, while also tacitly admitting that there isn'
t anything that can be done about the hopelessly
fucked up situ.
A: "My shoes are untied, my headphones are all tangled, I can'
t find my shit, my nose is running and I don'
t know which way is up. I feel like a bag lady."
J: "
Mad haggard, yo!"
"Damn, Roland is really pissing me off with all the bullshit he's making us do. Mad haggard--i'mma quit
soon."
"George Bush is mad haggard."
J: "This sucks."
A: "MH."
