Meaning of UDS
What Does UDS Mean?UDS means "Ugly Duckling Syndrome". When used online, UDS usually refers to a person who was an unattractive child before blossoming into a handsome or beautiful adult.
Unappealing youngsters often compensate for their perceived ugliness by developing a gentle modesty and are often lovely, caring individuals. These characteristics are in place when they develop as adults, which together with their enhanced looks suddenly make them enormously attractive, rounded people. (They are often less conceited than people who grow up knowing or believing they are good looking.)
UDS can also mean "Ugly Domestic Scene" referring to an argument or fight, usually between family members.
UDS is also slang for the insult "Ugly Dumb Sh*t".
Use context to determine which meaning is intended.
Summary of Key Points
Definition for UDSUDS means "Ugly Duckling Syndrome". This is the most common definition for UDS on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. Here is some more information about UDS:
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Adults and Teenagers
An Image for UDSWhen I write UDS, I mean this:
UDS means an unattractive child who grows into an attractive adult.
Examples of UDS in SentencesHere are examples of UDS being used in conversations:
- Person A: John's new girlfriend is pretty AND nice.
- Person B: She's a classic UDS.
- Person A: Someone told me I've got UDS.
- Person B: Were you an ugly kid?
An Academic Look at UDSUDS is an initialism abbreviation. Technically, this means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., Yu Dee Ess), but as this is harder to say than "Ugly Duckling Syndrome," it is not often uttered using its letters. In other words, the abbreviation UDS is for efficiency in writing and not efficiency in speech.
UDS is also typically used as a noun. (NB: The full version is a noun phrase.) For example:
- You have UDS. She's is also an candidate for UDS. (UDS plays the role of a noun in both cases.)
What Did We Used To Say?Before the digital era, we might have said something like "She's grown up to be very beautiful" instead of UDS.
A Text with UDS
Using UDS on a Cell Phone (SMS Texts, Whatsapp, and Yubl)