chud

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chud¹

  • /t͡ʃʌd/

Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

Compare chew, cud.

verb chuds · chudding · chudded

  1. obsolete To champ; to bite. the horse chuds his bit ſo chearfully

noun

  1. New Zealand, UK, slang, uncountable Chewing gum.

chud²

  • /t͡ʃʌd/

Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

From the science fiction horror movie C.H.U.D. (1984), standing for “cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers”. The slang derivative of this term was coined by the hosts of the Chapo Trap House podcast and popularized on its subreddit, r/chapotraphouse, as well as on the Bernie Sanders campaign movement's Twitter community. The term reached the youth mainstream via incel jargon, its use as a self-description coming from flame wars against right-wing users of the /pol/ board on 4chan (personified by the Chudjak/"le /pol/ face" meme).

noun chuds · C.H.U.D. · CHUD

  1. 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.” “Yea
  2. US, slang A gross, physically unappealing person. 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.
  3. Internet, derogatory A person who holds reactionary political views. She refused to go to Thanksgiving with her chud family after her uncle started an argument about birtherism at the table last year.
  4. Internet, also, attributive An unlikable, useless, or antisocial person. My little chud brother plays video games all day.

chud³

Where it comes from

From ch- + could, from ich + could.

contraction

  1. West Country, contraction, obsolete I could 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.

Chud⁴

  • /t͡ʃuːd/

Rhymes with -uːd

Where it comes from

From Russian чудь (čudʹ). Doublet of tuath.

noun Chuds · Chud · Chude

  1. historical, in early Russian annals, used in the plural A member of any of several Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia. 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.

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noun a member of any of several Finnic peoples

中文楚德人 chǔdérén
Русскийчудь čudʹ

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@misc{chud_2026,
  title = {chud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}