What is "scad"

Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:

   1. Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.

   2. Augustines.

   3. Dominicans or Black Friars.

   4. White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.

2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.

3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.

   Friar bird (Zo["o]l.), an Australian bird ( Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.

   Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin.
   --Brande & C.

   Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.

   Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant ( Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.

   Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
   --Milton.

   Friar skate (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ( Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.

c.1600, Cornish name for a type of fish (also known as horse mackerel) abundant on the British coast; of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of shad. OED compares Welsh ysgaden "herrings," Norwegian dialectal skad, Swedish skädde "flounder."

n. 1 Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic. 2 A large number or quantity (usually used in the plural).

n. any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae

Scad may refer to:

• Scad, name for various fish in the jack family, Carangidae
  • the common name of the genus Alepes
    • Herring scad, a species of tropical marine fish in this genus
    • Razorbelly scad
    • Smallmouth scad
  • the common name of the jackfish genus Decapterus
• Scad (fraud), a misleading advertisement that is intended to deceive the target audience.
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
• Suspended Catch Air Device, A variety of bungee jumping
• ".scad" file format used by OpenSCAD

A scad is a portmanteau of the words scam and advertisement, usually in reference to internet spam. The term has been used by the Alliance Against Bait and Click to describe scam ads that lure consumers to click on their site using a brand name or an outrageous deal while in turn providing suspect products and deals. This technique is called "bait and click" and has received significant press coverage from Consumer Reports Webwatch which has warned consumers to be wary of scads because they divert unsuspecting searchers from what they are looking for and waste their time. At worst, scads can send users to unsecured or malicious sites – exposing them to fraud, scams, viruses, exploits, trojans, malware, and spyware. Sponsored search results contain over twice as many risky sites as organic listings for the same search terms, according to a study by online security company McAfee. Scads exist in sponsored links and several have delivered Internet users to sites that charge for Firefox, a popular free web browser. One research study found that the display of a company's ads in response to searches for a competitor's brand name was not a widespread phenomenon.