Is a term used to describe sad, subjacent, illiterate adolesents between the ages of 12-20, who live in
australia.
They are characterised by
polo/nautica shirts (with collar
popped), caps (tilted upwards), jeans/tracks (lowrider, baggy style), asinine
hair cuts and their "nigga" attitudes & "badass" personalities...hence, they are normally school dropouts...
Normally, they group together in mobs between 3-20, trying to act, talk and walk "hard" to impress their company.
Lads are usually found during daylight hours, in or near, Maccas, shopping complexes, fubu/kappa/nike retailers. Acting to immtimate
normal shop patrons, with such phrases as "what brah" "
shank ya" "f*ck c*unt".
They usually retreat back
home at dusk, afriad of meeting someone darker in skin colour or more sizable then themselves.
A typical lad is sh*t scared if someone, does not seem "rattled" by their "scare tatics" (both verbally and physically) and responds in force. (the lad usually runs away)
Some Lads are said to be androgynous... but thats still debated
Lad: Wat'cha want brah, ill shank you
Person: Shut the f*ck up lad
Lad: (runs away)
Lebo: Look
bro, theres some lads over there, lets go
bash em'
Lads: (spots lebo group and "hauls ass"
Person: Look at those lads over there... so typical.. polo shirt
Lad at maccas: (stares down a bystander) Wat'ya lookin at brah?
Bystander: (Gets up, walks over) What you say?
Lad:
Sorry sir...
Person 1: Those lads are always at cremorne maccas
Person 2: Yeah, man, they basically live here
Person 3: What sad f*cks