# blud

Pronunciation: say "BLUD" /blʌd/

## Noun

1. A casual, friendly term used to address a man, common in British slang. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English, UK)*
   - Simple: A friendly word used when speaking to a man, like 'mate' or 'pal'.
   - _Easy now, blud, no need to start a fight over it._
   - _You good, blud? Haven't seen you around in ages._

## Pronoun

2. A humorous, ironic way of referring to a man as 'he' or 'him'. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English, UK)*
   - Simple: A joking way to say 'he' or 'him' when talking about a man.
   - _Blud walked straight past without even saying hello._
   - _Everyone laughed when blud tripped over the step._

## Noun

3. Obsolete spelling of blood. *(obsolete)* — Obsolete spelling of blood.
   - Simple: Obsolete spelling of blood. You may see it written this way in very old texts.

## Origin

The word was created in Multicultural London English and is of Jamaican origin, later spreading across England and the wider Anglosphere and online. It is claimed to come, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole "blood" (a family relation or close friend; compare "blood brother"), and it may also derive from or be reinforced by "brother" (compare "bro," "bruh," "brudder").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/blud (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).