Fuds

/fʌdz/ noun

Definition

Plural of 'fud'; informal term for a person considered old-fashioned or stupid (archaic).

Etymology

From Middle English or dialectal origins, 'fud' appears in some regional British English as slang for a foolish or old-fashioned person, though this term is quite archaic.

Kelly Says

Slang like 'fuds' shows how language preservation works—regional words survive in dictionaries even after they fall out of everyday speech, capturing what people actually called each other centuries ago.

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