fud? what does it mean?

[eastershawn]

not sure if this is the right place for this question, but i what does fud mean? i see it alot in this fourm?

[The Competitive Shooter]

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

[sandman21]

ACRONYM thread

[gunwurkz]

FUD

[TakeFive]

IBM marketing's primary defense against alternative mainframe vendors in the 1970-1990 era.

[robcoe]

Depends, here "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt"

Though there are people lobbying (literally, trying to legally change this) to have words "simplified" so that things like food would become fud (there were other equally ridiculous ones, but I cant think of them right now). Mostly I think these people failed 2nd grade English and never got over it.