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Does anyone know what a FUD is?

realeyez12
realeyez12 Posts: 5 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I've heard this term being used in the Scottish house buying process and have no idea what it could mean!? :confused:

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  • zfrl
    zfrl Posts: 641 Forumite
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    According to Wikipedia it is Fear, uncertainty and doubt.
    :cool:
    "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill
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  • Twopints
    Twopints Posts: 1,776 Forumite
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    er, that's NOT what I understand it to mean! It is Scottish slang for the C word.
    Not even wrong
  • zfrl
    zfrl Posts: 641 Forumite
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    Twopints wrote: »
    er, that's NOT what I understand it to mean! It is Scottish slang for the C word.

    I've heard estate agents called lots of things but didn't realize Scotland had a special word for them!:confused:
    :cool:
    "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill
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  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,597 Forumite
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    Twopints wrote: »
    er, that's NOT what I understand it to mean! It is Scottish slang for the C word.


    I think it's a bit milder than the C-word, although I still wouldn't use it in polite company.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k7ZRQRYa8
    poppy10
  • wecanhelpu
    wecanhelpu Posts: 630 Forumite
    poppy10 wrote: »
    I think it's a bit milder than the C-word, although I still wouldn't use it in polite company.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k7ZRQRYa8


    I haven't got a clue what that was about Pop.

    Would you mind explaining.
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,597 Forumite
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    You wouldn't understand...
    poppy10
  • PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD
    PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD Posts: 534 Forumite
    zfrl wrote: »
    According to Wikipedia it is Fear, uncertainty and doubt.


    Yes indeed ! but only to a GAY man,:D the word FUD is a crude Scottish term for a woman's .....;)
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