crud

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

noun

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
   Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning. 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30
2. (uncountable, figurative, by extension) Something of poor quality.
3. (countable) A contemptible person.
4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
7. (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

verb

1. (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
   The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding. 2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203

intj

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.