Meaning of plewd | Babel Free

Definitions

A stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.

Examples

“You may be able to draw like Michelangelo, but you'll never make a cartoonist until you're up on such matters as Squeans, Plewds, and Briffits. […] Plewds are the little drops of perspiration that shoot off a character's brow to indicate physical exertion, embarrassment, fear or practically anything else.”

“Now add just *one* little plewd coming off the head and, poof, that's one nervous little guy”

“The first thing usually taught in bloodstain pattern workshops is that the plewd is not an accurate depiction of blood behavior”

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