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turd

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–noun Slang: Vulgar.
1. a piece of excrement.
2. a mean, contemptible person.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE tord
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turd   (tûrd)   
n.   Vulgar

  1. A piece of excrement.

  2. Slang A contemptible person.


[Middle English, from Old English tord; see der- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
turd

  1. n.
    a formed mass of fecal material; a fecal bolus. (Usually objectionable.) : There's a turd floating in the swimming pool!
  2. n.
    a wretched or worthless person. (Rude and derogatory.) : You stupid turd!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

turd 
O.E. tord, from P.Gmc. *turdam (cf. M.Du. torde "piece of excrement," O.N. tord-yfill, Du. tort-wevel "dung beetle"), from PIE *drtom, pp. of base *d(e)r- "flay, tear," thus "that which is separated (or torn off) from the body" (cf. shit from root meaning "to split"). As a type of something worthless and vile, it is attested from c.1250; meaning "despicable person" is recorded from c.1450.
"A tord ne yeue ic for eu alle" ["The Owl and the Nightingale," c.1250]

"Alle thingis ... I deme as toordis, that I wynne Crist." [Wyclif, Phil. iii.8, 1382; KJV has "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord"]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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