flid

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US, UK/flɪd/

noun

One with birth defects (such as phocomelia) caused by thalidomide.

“Kung Fu Flid, title of a 2009 movie about a thalidomide victim turned action hero”

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Meanings

nounflid (plural flids)

plural flids

  1. UKderogatoryoffensiveslangOne with birth defects (such as phocomelia) caused by thalidomide.

    Kung Fu Flid, title of a 2009 movie about a thalidomide victim turned action hero

  2. UKderogatoryfigurativelyoffensiveslangOne who is physically uncoordinated or incompetent.

    Murder this kid / You're just a YouTuber / You're a flid

    2016 October 10, “Chit-Chat (Soph Aspin Reply)”, performed by Little T [Josh Tate]

Origin

Clipping of thalidomide, a pharmaceutical drug that was found to causes birth defects leading to a historical scandal, with the initial consonant modified by th-fronting.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flid

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

flid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flid

MLA

“flid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flid.

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