as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
a stagnant company that has been run by some old fuds for far too long
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Recent Examples of fud
On Telegram accounts, repeat fud spreaders are booted out.
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New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fud
Noun
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Seyfried’s comment ignited outrage from conservatives on social media.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Liberals have been increasingly outraged by Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, especially during the war in Gaza, and conservatives have questioned the importance of longstanding American support for Israel.—
Kelvin Chan,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Noun
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There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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For the benefit of us old fogies?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That hypothesis remains tentative; the fossil record is fragmentary enough that ruling out opportunistic or scavenging behavior is difficult.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Phillies legend Jimmy Rollins will manage the National League team and former MLB veteran Rickie Weeks will lead the American League team.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Brian Gutiérrez, the Mexican American who played a key role in the opener as South Africa was hit a with a red card while trying to stop him, and veteran Roberto Alvarado, who recorded an assist against South Africa, joined Rangel as Chivas starters in the opener.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Radicals such as Sumner also warned, presciently, that the Fifteenth Amendment did not go far enough, and that its flaws would ultimately allow anti-Black reactionaries to undermine its purpose.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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Like Curtis Yarvin and other neo-reactionaries, Land abhors democracy.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Other words in Parikh's winning round included fais-dodo, cywyddau, pohutukawa, émeute, natchitoches, and taurokathapsia, per the video on Facebook.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The company now hopes to use the technology to bring back extinct birds, including the dodo and the giant moa.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
28 May 2026
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“Fud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fud. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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