blud

/blʌd/

blud noun: informal address to a man. Also the obsolete spelling of blood.

Noun

blud (plural bluds)

(Internet, Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang) Informal address to a man.
- –Yeh, blud, safe, goes Ravi.2006, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5
- Nowadays all of my shows sold out
  Headline tour, yeah blud, sold out2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy

Pronoun

blud (third-person singular, masculine, nominative or objective case)

(Multicultural-London-English, UK, humorous, ironic, masculine, nominative) he or him
- what is blud waffling about2023 February 3, maddy🍋 (@fyridk), Twitter
- who invited blud2023 February 11, 🔴 (@TenHag_Szn), Twitter

Also used as

blud is also the obsolete spelling of blood.

Forms of blud

plural	bluds

Origin of blud

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.

Words formed from blud

Diddy blud

Words that rhyme with blud

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Questions about blud

What does blud mean?: Blud means informal address to a man.
What part of speech is blud?: Blud can be a noun or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce blud?: Blud is pronounced /blʌd/.
What is the plural of blud?: The plural of blud is bluds.

Words near blud in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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