RUD

See also: rud, Rud, rúd, and rüd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

RUD (plural RUDs)

1. (engineering, euphemistic) Initialism of rapid unplanned disassembly (an explosion or breakup)
   • 2015 January 16, Alex Hern, “This is what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' looks like”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2020 December 13, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Melissa Alonso, “SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and deploys satellite, days after another rocket crashed in Texas”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     “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.

Usage notes

(explosion): This is also formulated in slightly altered forms, as Rapid Unscheduled/Unexpected/Unplanned/Uncontrolled (self-)Dissassembly, with the "U" varying between forms, and "self" occurring in some variants.

Anagrams

• Urd, Dur., DUR, dur, urd, Dru