chaotic evil

English

Adjective

chaotic evil (comparative more chaotic evil, superlative most chaotic evil)

1. (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment that is chaotic (tending to disregard the laws and conventions of society) and evil (doing evil acts).
2. (by extension, Internet slang, humorous) Extremely bad or evil; abhorrent.
   • 2019 November 19, Ashley Hoffman, “Trolling Expert Unleashes the Most Chaotic Evil Prank: Fake Airpod^[sic] Stickers”, in Time‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-27:

     So perhaps it should come as no surprise that people are losing it over this AirPods sticker prank. Thanks to one user's glee at revealing his chaotic evil shenanigans to the world, a photo of it has gone viral.

   • 2020 June 23, Melissa Mason, “Just Gonna Say It: Eating Milo Straight Out Of The Tin Is Chaotic Evil”, in Pedestrian.tv‎^[2], archived from the original on 2021-12-06:

     Eating Milo straight out of the tin is chaotic evil. In this essay, I… will basically just rant about how disgusting this habit is, to be honest.

   • 2020 October 26, Chris Murphy, “The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Wigging Out”, in Vulture‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-04:

     And now we must discuss Robyn's wig, but truly, what is there to say that has not already been said? Any fan of Potomac knows there's no wig Robyn won't give the old college try, but this is next level. A wavy, auburn monstrosity. Sleepy Robyn's personality is a true neutral, but her wigs are absolutely chaotic evil.

   • 2022 July 29, Sophie Lloyd, “Woman's 'Evil' Beach Engagement Prank Has the Internet Screaming”, in Newsweek‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-24:

     Twitter users couldn't get enough of the hilarious prank, with Eddie Black dubbing the plan "top-rate trolling." […] "Strong chaotic evil energy," said Nicola Clements.

Noun

chaotic evil (uncountable)

1. Chaotic evil things or attitudes generally.
   • 2018 December 21, Tom Usher, “I Ate That Entire Deep Fried Roast Dinner”, in VICE‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-06-08:

     After the chaotic good that was the deep fried roast dinner, it was time to end the whole procession with the chaotic evil that is a deep fried dessert, in this case a baked pie with a fermented fruit filling that, despite its name, contains NO MINCED MEAT.

   • 2020 March 20, Jon Caramanica, “This ’Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven”, in The New York Times‎^[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-29:

     But they would never be in the same room, of course. That was true long before coronavirus. Challenging times have made unlikely studiofellows for decades: think "We Are the World," "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the like. But the chaotic evil of social media means borders are permeable now, and the bar for participation is distressingly low.

See also

Alignments in roleplaying games

	lawful	neutral	chaotic
good	lawful good	neutral good	chaotic good
neutral	lawful neutral	true neutral	chaotic neutral
evil	lawful evil	neutral evil	chaotic evil

Further reading

• chaotic evil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Alignment Charts”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007