The term MAD CROWD can be broken down into two words, MAD and CROWD. The first word, MAD, is an acronym for 'Mutually Assured Destruction' which is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. The second word, CROWD, refers to a large group of people gathered together in one place. Therefore, the term MAD CROWD can be interpreted as a large group of people who are in a state of mutually assured destruction.