fud

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fuhd]
- /fʌd/
- /fˈʌd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fuhd]
- /fʌd/

Definitions of fud word

noun fud a fuddy-duddy. 1
noun fud Alternative capitalization of FUD. 1
noun Technical meaning of fud (jargon) /fuhd/ An acronym invented by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds of potential customers who might be considering [Amdahl] products." The idea, of course, was to persuade them to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment or software. 1
noun fud the tail of a rabbit, hare, etc 0
noun fud the buttocks 0
noun fud the female genitals 0

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Origin of fud

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15; back formation from fuddy-duddy

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Parts of speech for Fud

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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fud popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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