chud
noun
a fool, jerk, troll, etc.
What does chud mean?
Chud is a generalized term of disparagement used somewhat synonymously with fool, troll, and jerk, to suggest that someone (usually a man) is rude/boorish/regressive/unintelligent/etc. In online political discourse, chud is often used specifically as a left-wing insult for someone (again, usually a man) on the far right.
Examples of chud
Joke’s on this chud for travelling all the way to Spain—a land of genuinely amazing food—and ordering onion rings.
—@Devilligan, X (formerly Twitter), 9 June 2025
The 24-year-old was inundated with cruel comments from trolls about her weight, with countless men online attacking her appearance. … Another fan commented, ‘It really is always the chuds with no profile picture spewing their bile at beautiful women.’
—… the kinds of chuds who get angry when female video-game characters aren’t “feminine” enough …
—The added lie that eliminating civil rights reforms is solving ‘invidious discrimination’ is a nice bit of dipshit doublespeak from the kind of right wing chuds who make savvy references to George Orwell’s 1984, but clearly never actually read the book or understood any of its warnings.
—… conservative pundit and noted chud … who was one of the loudest voices encouraging the critical race theory panic …
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Where does chud come from?
It has been theorized that chud comes from the 1980s sci-fi horror movie C. H. U. D.
“They’re not staying down there anymore!” shout the ads for “C.H.U.D.”, which stands for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.” … the Chuds are bums, made radioactive and real mean by secret stashes of nuclear waste material.
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How is chud used?
With scorn (which is often somewhat humorous scorn).
