chud

See also: Chud

English

Etymology 1

Compare chew, cud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌd/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Verb

chud (third-person singular simple present chuds, present participle chudding, simple past and past participle chudded)

  1. (obsolete) To champ; to bite.

Noun

chud (uncountable)

  1. (UK, New Zealand, youth slang) Chewing gum.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the science fiction horror movie C.H.U.D. (1984). The abbreviation in the title of aforementioned film stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers."

For Sense 2, apparently coined by podcast Chapo Trap House, partly for need of an insult unrelated to any known slur, inspired by the monsters from the film, likely based in part on chad with the influence of sound symbolism (compare words such as dud, thud, and mud for the expressive nature of the rhyme and shift to negative connotation). First attested in the late 2010s.

For ironic/positive usage, perhaps compare history of Yankee.

Pronunciation

Noun

chud (plural chuds)

  1. (US, slang) A gross, physically unappealing person.
    • 2001 July 15, Chive Mynde, “Rhyanon, Rhyanon, where are you my love?”, in alt.religion.wicca‎[1] (Usenet):
      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.
    • 2007 April 5, David bin Bedlam, “yet more narcissistic drivel”, in alt.angst‎[2] (Usenet):
      At least you don't have to be a fugly fuckheaded chud who's bad at math!
    • 2007 November 4, Odious, “SNL Lampoons Mystery”, in alt.seduction.fast‎[3] (Usenet):
      How fucking hedious[sic] of a chud must this guy be in order for him to feel that mug shot is a positive representation?
    • 2010 September 13, Va Beach Hokie, “Steve Spurrier's retirement island paradise”, in rec.sport.football.college‎[4] (Usenet):
      Lower your standards far enough and always remember to double wrap and even a chud like me got some on a regular basis when I lived there.
    • 2014 July 28, Jeremy Azevedo, “Actually, Comic-Con Is Fucking Awesome”, in Vice:
      SDCC is crowded enough without a few hundred more chuds in rascal scooters cutting in line and taking up space on the public walkways because they heard the cast of The Big Bang Theory was going to be here or something.
  2. (chiefly US, Internet slang, usually derogatory) A person, usually male, who holds sociopolitical views seen as reactionary; connotations of being an incel
    Some chud on Twitter said The Wall Street Journal was liberal propaganda. (pejorative)
    Unlike all those cuckservatives in Congress, this guy's a true chud. (positive)
  3. (science fiction) Cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers.
    • 2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer‎[5], season 4, episode 4, spoken by Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin):
      “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]
    • 2021 July 11, Nick Rutherford, “Rickdependence Spray” (1:10 from the start), in Rick and Morty‎[6], season 5, episode 4, spoken by Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland):
      “Hey, Rick.” “Oh, hey, kiddo. How's your Saturday?” “You know, super chill. W-W-Whatcha doin'?” “Eh, nothing adventurous. You know that race of Underground Dwelling Cannibal Horse People that we're always fighting?” “Yeah, the CHUDs. W-W-What about 'em? “Well, don't tell anybody, but I'm working on a bioweapon to use against them, so I got this barrel of horse semen from your mom's hospital and I'm just gonna, you know, subject it to some otherworldly forces.”
Usage notes
  • (person on political right): Originally a pejorative, but now sometimes used positively, especially in memes.

Etymology 3

From ch- +‎ could, from ich +‎ could.

Contraction

chud

  1. (West Country, obsolete) I could

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxut]
  • Hyphenation: chud

Adjective

chud

  1. short masculine singular of chudý
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