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m'lud

UK/mɪˈlʌd/

m'lud is the pronunciation spelling of m'lord.

Meaning of m'lord

Noun

m'lord (plural m'lords)

  1. (UK, also, historical, humorous, often) My Lord (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).
    • There's a priest wants t'see you, m'lord.
      Well, tell him I'm Jewish.1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: "Money"

Interjection

m'lud

  1. (UK, humorous) Suggests the speaker or listener is out of touch; used to highlight explanations of youth popular culture for an older audience.
    • […]the deep relationship she shares with Mr Michael Jagger, the confectionery-loving vocal stylist with the Rolling Stones (a once popular beat ensemble, M'Lud).1992, Punch
    • Cole had cheated on his wife, the publicly sainted Cheryl Cole (a singer with the girl band Girls Aloud and X Factor judge, m'lud) though we had never heard properly his side of the story nor of Cheryl's foibles.2011 October 1, Ian Ridley, There's a Golden Sky: How Twenty Years of the Premier League Have Changed Football Forever, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 47

Forms of m'lud

pluralm'luds

Origin of m'lud

Phonetic alteration of m'lord. As an interjection, playing on the perceived elderly and upper-class nature of judges, and the urban legend that a barrister once had to explain The Beatles to a judge as "a popular beat combo, m'lud".

Words that rhyme with m'lud

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Questions about m'lud

What does m'lud mean?
M'lud means suggests the speaker or listener is out of touch; used to highlight explanations of youth popular culture for an older audience.
What is m'lud the pronunciation spelling of?
M'lud is the pronunciation spelling of m'lord.
What part of speech is m'lud?
M'lud is an interjection.
How do you pronounce m'lud?
M'lud is pronounced /mɪˈlʌd/ (UK).

Words near m'lud in the dictionary

  1. m'lords
  2. m'love
  3. m'lovelies
  4. m'lovely
  5. m'loves
  6. m'lud
  7. m'luds
  8. m'm
  9. M'Minn
  10. M'Naghten rule
  11. M'Nair

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