fud
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- noun
- /fʌd/
- Jargon
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miedo
- I'm also seeing loads of FUD regarding interoperability with iPhone OS4.
As to say that the creators moved into real money is just FUD.
- As to say that the creators moved into real money is just FUD.
- And I think most of the FUD is actually fuelled by the other crypto entrepreneurs.
- So I was just set back in my norm and and based off of the FUD in this discord, like the reactions of my friends, I actually cancelled.
- OK, so a little fuds to the left and a fuds to the right.
- No, no, I just added in this whole freaking FUD Rutgers.
Examples
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Thus, this post is like many before it: nothing more than pure FUD.
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Many people believe the rumors are just FUD aimed at undermining our confidence in the project.
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Folks, right now there is nothing but FUD around what supply?
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I think this is just casting some FUD in that general direction.
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Hopefully, not too many on the right will fall for the FUD.
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I can't tell the FUD from the truth anymore.
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Classic FUD and no time to address (or even read) all these accusations.
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And I think most of the FUD is actually fuelled by the other crypto entrepreneurs.
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But if you don't offer solutions that readers can understand, you are spreading FUD.
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They're about the denialist technique of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) about vaccines.
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Synonyms
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6.2
Information spread on purpose to many people to help some people or hurt others
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6.8
Information people spread on purpose to deceive others
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8.0
Trying to make people afraid to change their views or actions
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7.3
Spreading exaggerated fear on purpose to make people worry
A practice of spreading biased information to make people accept certain ideas
Antonyms
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
fud = fear + uncertainty + doubt (semi-transparent) = F + U + D
The form is an acronym from the initial letters of 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt', so the meaning is recoverable once the expansion is known.
Etymology
Fud comes from the first letters of the phrase fear, uncertainty, doubt, and people use it when someone tries to spread worry about a product or idea. So fud means the spreading of 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt' to change what people think.