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Mad Max, n.|mæd ˈmæks|
[The name of the eponymous hero of the film Mad Max (1979) and its sequels.]
attrib. Denoting situations and objects (such as vehicles, clothing, etc.) similar to those portrayed in the Mad Max films, set in a futuristic world characterized by extreme and anarchic violence; also (freq. absol.) denoting people (both real and fictional) resembling Mad Max.
1986Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 10/2 To publicise its drive for more police, the association has produced a series of advertisements, to start this weekend, showing people in the type of Mad Max gear it predicts will be needed soon on Sydney streets. 1991Christian Science Monitor 22 Oct. 5/2 He also operates six or seven workshops that convert four-wheel-drive trucks into ‘Road Warriors’ or ‘Mad Max’ vehicles mounted with 106mm antitank cannons and heavy machine guns. 1992City Limits 2 July 28/3 Hauer plays Harley Stone, a kind of international Mad Max, out to avenge his pardner. 1995Empire July 28/4 Set in a drought-stricken Mad Max futurescape..the film stars Petty as the gun-crazed heroine. |