plewd
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.
Example Sentences
- "You may be able to draw like Michelangelo, but you'll never make a cartoonist until you're up on such matters as Squeans, Plewds, and Briffits. […] Plewds are the little drops of perspiration that shoot off a character's brow to indicate physical exertion, embarrassment, fear or practically anything else."
- "Now add just *one* little plewd coming off the head and, poof, that's one nervous little guy"
- "The first thing usually taught in bloodstain pattern workshops is that the plewd is not an accurate depiction of blood behavior"