A combination of the words ''Stupid and Proud'' - Stroud is actually a pretty clever word, originating from the Bradford County region of Pennsylvania, and is used in reference to someone who has never been in a fight, been affiliated with a gang or ''street life'', or been anywhere beyond the 20 mile stretch of the city they were born in, yet dresses and acts as if they have.
Where the word is generally used in this context, it is also used as an expression for a deadbeat father, a freeloader, a manipulator, and has on occasion been used to reference a pathological liar.
The term began circulating around the region, and subsequently nationally, in 2016, when a young boy named Brad and his friends broke into a house and assaulted an elderly man, before stealing from him. The young boy would go on to gloat to all of his friends and on social media about the crime, before eventually being arrested and sentenced to prison, where he then began pretending he was a ''gangster'' or a ''thug'', wearing ''thug life'' shirts, and referring to himself as ''the mob enforcer''.
A meme of the boy throwing up gang signs and wearing fake jewelery spread across local social media in 2019, followed by the boys alleged cellmate claiming that the boy was his ''babygirl'' later that year, spiking popularity in the words use.
''it's not a good thing to be stroud''
''you're acting like you're about that life, but you're actually just stroud''
God fearing, church going, brunch ass wing eating, eastside ass, atlanta georgia ass, keep a bad bish with em, kool aid drinker pitcher of purple ass, ole he so real break bread with his circle, shot taking ass, cartier rocking ass, pull up to the party and turn up ass, scorpio king-playamade ass, chevrolet riding truck driving ass person. That these haters can’t stand forreal but he too trill. Ole Lover boy R&B ass person that will crank that karaoke up anywhere ass person. On Gang‼️‼️ Loews hotel sleeping ass, the list goes on and on ass person 💙💙 trick off on a good week ass…etc etc Looking for the twerk ass mf
Random person: We gotta find Stroud!!
God fearing, church going, brunch ass wing eating, eastside ass, atlanta georgia ass, keep a bad bish with em, kool aid drinker pitcher of purple ass, ole he so real break bread with his circle, shot taking ass, cartier rocking ass, pull up to the party and turn up ass, scorpio king-playamade ass, chevrolet riding truck driving ass person. That these haters can’t stand forreal but he too trill. Ole Lover boy R&B ass person that will crank that karaoke up anywhere ass person. On Gang‼️‼️ Loews hotel sleeping ass, the list goes on and on ass person 💙💙 trick off on a good week ass…etc etc Looking for the twerk ass mf
Random person: We gotta find Stroud!!
A fine ass boy who is way too cute for Anna Pederson. He’s sexy asl and I’d call him daddy any day 😍🤷🏽 ♀️
Girl: Have you seen Caelan Stroud today?
Me: Ofc and he’s looking fine as usual.