inspiri asked: Is "rad" a common term where you are from? I haven't heard it very often around where I live, haha.

It most certainly is not.  I think it may have been about 15 or 20 years ago, but I just can’t let it go.  It’s one of those relics that deserves to be slowly excavated from the pit of obscurity, shined and polished, and used frequently.  That’s my job, and I do it well.  I hope.