# chud

Pronunciation: say "CHUD" /t͡ʃʌd/

## Noun

1. A stupid, annoying, or contemptible person; a loser, in this sense with no implied comment on looks or politics. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude word for a person you think is stupid, annoying or a loser, whatever their looks or politics.
   - _A couple of chuds in the game lobby spammed the chat until a moderator banned them._
   - _Don't be a chud: give your little brother the controller back._
2. In science fiction, one of a race of cannibalistic humanoid creatures that dwell underground.
   - Simple: In science fiction, a creature shaped like a person that lives underground and eats people.
   - _The heroes climb down into the tunnels, where a pack of chuds is waiting in the dark._
   - _Nobody believed the old man's stories about a chud living beneath the subway platform._
3. A person, usually a man, whose social and political views are seen as reactionary, often with the suggestion that he is an incel. *(US)*
   - Simple: A rude name for someone, usually a man, seen as holding backward views about politics and society.
   - _The comment section filled up with chuds furious that the game had a female hero._
   - _Her uncle turned into a full chud after a year of watching angry political videos._
4. A person who is gross and physically unappealing. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A person who looks dirty, ugly, or gross.
   - _After three days of camping without a shower, I felt like a complete chud._
   - _In my old yearbook photo I look like a total chud with greasy hair and braces._
5. Chewing gum. *(slang, UK, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: Gum that you chew.
   - _The teacher made him spit his chud into the bin before the test._
   - _She bought a packet of chud at the corner shop on the way to school._

## Verb

6. To champ or bite, as a horse does at its bit. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To bite down on something, the way a horse bites the metal bar in its mouth.

## Contraction

7. A contracted West Country form of “I could”, sometimes glossed as “I would” or “I should”. *(obsolete, West Country)*
   - Simple: An old West Country way of saying “I could” or “I would”.

## Origin

**Meanings 5–6** — Of uncertain origin. It has been compared with chew and cud.
**Meanings 1–4** — From the 1984 science fiction horror film C.H.U.D., whose title stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers". It was used as an insult for a repulsive person by 2001, and the podcast Chapo Trap House later apparently coined its political sense.
**Meaning 7** — From ch- + could, that is, ich + could run together.

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