fud was actually coined in the 1920's and most certainly means fear uncertainty and doubt which are the most powerfull market forces that one can use to create a desired situation  more info on the histry of these tactics can be found here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

 know i had to look it up once so i wouldnt sound stupid

i thought it meant fucked up disinformation lol which it does in some aspect