- semen spud
- n1.a potato. This universal slang term has been recorded since the 1840s. A 'spud' was a small narrow spade (from the Mid-dle English spudde, meaning a dagger, itself from the Italian spada, meaning a sword) of the sort used to dig up pota-toes.2.a stupid person. This use of the word, recorded among schoolchildren, may be an alteration of spod rather than a refer-ence to the potato.
Contemporary slang . 2014.