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turd

UK/tʌɹd/ US/tɜːd/ fairly common informal slang

noun

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Origin

From Middle English toord, tord, from Old English tord (“piece of dung, excrement, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic *turdą (“manure, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay”). Cognate with Old English tyrdel (“dropping, small piece of excrement”), Old High German zort (“dung, excrement”), Old Norse torð- (“dung-”, in compounds), Middle Dutch tord (“lump of excrement”). More at tear, treddle.

Phrases

  • atomic buffalo turd
  • ghost turd
  • polish a turd
  • turd burglar
  • turd cutter
  • turd in the punchbowl
  • Turd Reich
  • turd strangler

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