Meaning of rud | Babel Free

Definitions

1. (engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup
   abbreviation, acronym, initialism
2. redness; blush
   uncountable
3. A surname.
4. ruddle; red ochre
   uncountable

Examples

“Private spaceflight company SpaceX has released new pictures of its Falcon 9 rocket attempting to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean before undergoing what its chief executive, Elon Musk, euphemistically referred to as "RUD" – that’s "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly". In other words, it blew up.”

““Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed!” he said in a tweet.”

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