Originally a Jamaican swear word ( see bludclot), picked up on in the
UK and used incorrectly as a term of endearment in the same way as Bredren.
However, the term '
Blood' is used by members of the westcoast streetgang of the same name to acknowledge eachothers membership and as a term of endearment.
The term Blud is now used in a same way in The UK as 'Nigga' is used in the US, but without the racial stipulation, its freely used by white and black youths to define
friendship.