Chud
contraction, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Chewing gum. New-Zealand, UK, uncountable
- 2 A cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller.
"“Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.” “Yeah. Don't take this the wrong way, Ron, but I'd rather bond with a CHUD.” [inaudible]. “But CHUDs live in New York, so let's go.” [tires squealing]"
- 3 A member of any of several Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia. historical
"In the meantime, the Chuds tied [her] foot so that she would not escape. When Liaine returned with his brother Aripi and son Peairi, he found the Sami camp smouldering and empty."
- 4 A gross, physically unappealing person. US, slang
"But, Rhyanon, all I want to do, is to build a rapport, And that's when you call me, a fat smurf whore. "Useless fuckwipe, a pudley, a chud and a sackashit, Green card cunt, snarling wolverine bitch," you throw a fit."
- 5 A person, usually male, who holds sociopolitical views seen as reactionary. Internet, US, derogatory, usually
"Some chud on Twitter said The Wall Street Journal was liberal propaganda."
- 1 To champ; to bite. obsolete
"the horse chuds his bit ſo chearfully"
- 1 I could West-Country, contraction, obsolete
"Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore / volke paſſe: an ’chud ha’ bin zwaggered out of my life, / ’twould not ha’ bin zo long as ’tis by a vortnight."
Synonyms
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More examples"the horse chuds his bit ſo chearfully"
Etymology
Compare chew, cud.
Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English cannibalistic Proto-Indo-European *mon-der. Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English humanoid Middle English undergrounde English underground Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen Middle English -ere Middle English dweller English dweller English dwellers English chud From the science fiction horror movie C.H.U.D. (1984), in which it stands for “cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers”. Sense 3 was coined and popularized by the left-wing podcast Chapo Trap House, which sought an insult for right-wingers that was unrelated to any known slur.
From ch- + could, from ich + could.
From Russian чудь (čudʹ). Doublet of tuath.
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