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blud

Pronunciation: /blʌd/

The English word “blud” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Informal address to a man.

pronoun

  1. he or him

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.

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