RUD en · NOUN
Etymology
(explosion): Abbreviation of rapid unplanned disassembly as an initialism and an acronym
Meanings
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(abbreviation, acronym, initialism) (engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup.
Private spaceflight company SpaceX has released new pictures of its Falcon 9 rocket attempting to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean before undergoing what its chief executive, Elon Musk, euphemistically referred to as "RUD" – that’s "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly". In other words, it blew up.
2015 January 16, Alex Hern, “This is what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' looks like”, in The Guardian:“Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed!” he said in a tweet.
2020 December 13, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Melissa Alonso, “SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and deploys satellite, days after another rocket crashed in Texas”, in CNN:
Forms
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| RUDs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |