English Explanatory Dictionary

blud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Informal address to a man.
pron
  1. he or him
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of blood.

Pronunciation

blŭd /blʌd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-blud.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-blud.wav

Word forms

blud bluds

Etymology

Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England, and thence Anglosphere and online. Claimed to be, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole blood (“family relation, close friend”) (compare blood brother). Possibly derived or reinforced from brother; compare bro, bruh, brudder etc.

Related words

bled

Derived words

Diddy blud
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