Hannah from Menominee, Michigan, grew up hearing her father invite people out for a drive with, Let’s go for a scud. He traces it to an inside joke about his 1976 Mercury Montego MX and the names of MX and Scud missiles, but scud is also an old verb...
scud n.—Gloss: the small and very hot “bird’s eye” chili pepper, also known as the “mouse-dropping” chili. Usually said to be nicknamed after the Scud missile. «I did balk a little at the call for 75 birdseye chillies (also known as scuds for the...
