bydlo

Borrowed from Polish bydło (“cattle”) or Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “cattle”) in online culture; compare the connotative uses of redneck and sheeple.

bydlo

1. (derogatory) Someone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.

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• Bloyd, Dolby

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, být +‎ -dlo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪdlo]
• Rhymes: -ɪdlo
• Hyphenation: by‧d‧lo
• Homophone: bidlo

bydlo n

1. (literary, often expressive) livelihood

   Synonym: živobytí

2. (archaic, often expressive) dwelling

   Synonyms: bydlení, obydlí, příbytek

• Today usually only used in the phrase pálí ho dobré bydlo (“he doesn't appreciate how easy life he has, he doesn't know he's born”, literally “he's being burnt by good livelihood”).

• “bydlo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bydlo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bydlo” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “bydlo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)