Noun.
A person of low intelligence and poor decision making skills. Encapsulates a general sense of stupidity, laziness, slowness, and ineptitude. Can also be characterized by a certain degree of cringe.
History of Tud: Created during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine in CT, USA, after someone panicked during Scrabble and asked “is ‘tud’ a word?”- this term can be used as a guilt and cruelty free replacement for the “R-word” since it refers to ANYONE who exhibits stupidity regardless of ability, gender, sexual orientation, race or creed.
Can also be used in its adjectival form, i.e. Tud move, Tud moment, etc.
A person of low intelligence and poor decision making skills. Encapsulates a general sense of stupidity, laziness, slowness, and ineptitude. Can also be characterized by a certain degree of cringe.
History of Tud: Created during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine in CT, USA, after someone panicked during Scrabble and asked “is ‘tud’ a word?”- this term can be used as a guilt and cruelty free replacement for the “R-word” since it refers to ANYONE who exhibits stupidity regardless of ability, gender, sexual orientation, race or creed.
Can also be used in its adjectival form, i.e. Tud move, Tud moment, etc.
“She was talking smack about her boss in the email chain without realizing he was CC’d!” “What a Tud!”
Further examples include:
-Responding to a waiter’s “enjoy your meal” with “you too”
-Accidentally saying “love you!” at the end of a business call
-“Bone apple tea,” “chicken see’s her salad,” “wala” instead of voila, etc.
-Logan Paul
-Fyre festival
-Donald Trump musing about whether one’s body can be bathed in UV light or injected with disinfectants to cure coronavirus evokes the absolute essence of Tud.
-The tide pod challenge, and for that matter, anything that might win a Darwin Award
-Gender Reveal parties
Further examples include:
-Responding to a waiter’s “enjoy your meal” with “you too”
-Accidentally saying “love you!” at the end of a business call
-“Bone apple tea,” “chicken see’s her salad,” “wala” instead of voila, etc.
-Logan Paul
-Fyre festival
-Donald Trump musing about whether one’s body can be bathed in UV light or injected with disinfectants to cure coronavirus evokes the absolute essence of Tud.
-The tide pod challenge, and for that matter, anything that might win a Darwin Award
-Gender Reveal parties
by EJD5 July 15, 2020