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I'm watching a short Youtube video and someone posted this comment.

After many years of watching Zatoichi films and the show. I'm stumped that this is only a short instead of a full film. I would pay mad money to see a full movie of ZVP. Brings me back to the days of watching crazy but awesome Japanese flicks of the bygone era.

Does pay mad money mean pay a lot of money? I can't find this meaning in the dictionary. I got the meaning from this translator: https://translate.sogou.com/text I also checked other translator (like https://www.deepl.com/translator), which doesn't suggest "a lot".

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Yes, this is a colloquial use of "mad" as an intensifier, like "I've got mad skills" or "the boss level is mad hard" (see definition 9 in this entry). Don't be confused, there's also a phrase "mad money" meaning "money to be spent however you want," but that's not the meaning that's being used here.

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  • You might consider linking a dictionary definition, like this one: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mad.
    – Juhasz
    Jan 7, 2022 at 19:20
  • @Juhasz I think you'll find that I did...
    – Andy Bonner
    Jan 7, 2022 at 19:21
  • Sorry, I meant a definition of mad, not mad money.
    – Juhasz
    Jan 7, 2022 at 19:22
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    @Juhasz Ah, thanks!
    – Andy Bonner
    Jan 7, 2022 at 19:25
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    I think there is an additional possible nuance with 'mad money' - 'mad' being a synonym of 'crazy'. In the UK at least we can say e.g. 'I paid crazy money for that used car', or 'my brother-in-law is paid crazy money for what he does'. An insane amount of money. Like (in my opinion) the crazy prices people are willing to pay for Apple products.
    – Michael Harvey
    Jan 7, 2022 at 19:40

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