As the generations progress throughout the years, words also progress into different meanings. As I began to think of a word that would fit into this schema, I listened to myself, and others around me talk in conversations. After much debate, I decided to use the word "mad" as a slang word with multiple meanings.
             The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has many definitions for the word "mad". These would include, disordered in mind: insane; a completely unrestrained by reason and judgment; incapable of being explained or accounted for (a mad decision); carried away by intense anger: furious; carried away by enthusiasm or desire (mad about the boy next door); marked by wild gaiety and merriment: hilarious; intensely excited: frantic; marked by intense and often chaotic activity: wild (a mad scramble). As you can see, "mad" has many definitions according to the dictionary. The new definition for "mad", that I would like to defend into Standard American English is to mean many or a lot.
             Listening to the latest generation, you can hear the word "mad" being used in this context. For example, "Wow, that kid has mad b-ball skills." This sentence means that the speaker is expressing that the kid has a lot of skills in basketball. Another way that "mad can be used is for example, "I give you mad props." In this case, "mad" would still be used as a lot, but the meaning of the sentence would be to give someone a compliment. Another meaning of the word "mad", today, is used by saying that someone has gone mental or insane. For example, "I think that man has gone mad!" The word mad is also used to mean angry or upset towards someone or something, especially when something has gone wrong. A classic example of this would be when someone says, "I'm so mad at him because he..." and the explanation would
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