m'lud
intjEtymology Phonetic alteration of m'lord. As an interjection, playing on the perceived elderly and upper-class nature of judges, and the urban legend that a barrister once had to explain The Beatles to a judge as "a popular beat combo, m'lud".
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UK, Humorous Suggests the speaker or listener is out of touch; used to highlight explanations of youth popular culture for an older audience.
- […]the deep relationship she shares with Mr Michael Jagger, the confectionery-loving vocal stylist with the Rolling Stones (a once popular beat ensemble, M'Lud).1992, Punch:
- Cole had cheated on his wife, the publicly sainted Cheryl Cole (a singer with the girl band Girls Aloud and X Factor judge, m'lud) though we had never heard properly his side of the story nor of Cheryl's foibles.2011 October 1, Ian Ridley, There's a Golden Sky: How Twenty Years of the Premier League Have Changed Football Forever, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 47:
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- Or as the Viz cartoon (m'lud, Viz was a popular comic of the 1980s) put it with less subtlety about one of its comic creations: 'Mr Logic: he's a pain in the arse.'2026 February 12, Tom Hodgkinson, How to Live Like a Stoic: A Handbook for Happiness, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN: