FOD

Domain	Definition
Computing	FOD /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for other people. From MUDs where the wizard command `FOD ' results in the immediate and total death of , usually as punishment for obnoxious behavior. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is burning all the cycles." Compare gun. In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does to the engine. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: FOD

Specialty definitions using "FOD": TLAs. (references)

Non-English Usage: "FOD" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (foot, paw), Manx (can, may; at length).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: FOD

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FOD	English	Flies,odors,dusts	Food & Agriculture, Environment
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Modern Usage: FOD

Commercial Usage: FOD

Domain	Title
Books	Fod under eget bord : om selskaber, kommanditselskaber og skattefiduser, friaktier, fondsaktier og fusion, fondsb�rsen, forsikringer, konkurs, betalingsstandsning, akkord m.v (reference) Fri fod (reference) Peter Brandes : op til en fod (reference) Pige og dreng, på lige fod (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: FOD

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dim sianel=dim trywydded : mynnwn fod Llundain yn cadw'i gair. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: FOD

Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Rights	Equatorial Guinea	Nevertheless, in 2000 five opposition groups including the CPDS, Front for Democratic Opposition (PSD), PP, Progressive Democratic Alliance (ADP), and the Popular Union (UP) joined to form the Front of Democratic Opposition (FOD). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FOD

Derivations: FOD

Derivations
	Words beginning with "FOD": fodder, foddered, foddering, fodders, fodgel. (additional references)
	Words ending with "FOD": eisteddfod. (additional references)
	Words containing "FOD": daffodil, daffodils, eisteddfodau, eisteddfodic, eisteddfods. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: FOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-f-o"
	-1 letter: do, od, of.
	Words containing the letters "d-f-o"
	+1 letter: doff, fado, feod, fido, fold, fond, food, ford.
	+2 letters: defog, doffs, fados, feods, fidos, fiord, fjord, flood, folds, fonds, fondu, foods, fordo, fords, found, foxed, frond, offed.
	+3 letters: afford, bifold, boffed, codify, coifed, defoam, defogs, deform, doffed, doffer, doofus, enfold, fandom, fantod, fedora, fiords, fjords, floods, florid, flowed, foaled, foamed, fobbed, fodder, fodgel, foetid, fogdog, fogged, foiled, foined, folded, folder, fonded, fonder, fondle, fondly, fondue, fondus, foodie, fooled, footed, fopped, forbad, forbid, forced, forded, fordid, foredo, forged, forked, formed, fouled, founds, fowled, fronds, fucoid, golfed, goofed, hoofed, infold, loafed, lofted, modify, offend, oxford, poufed, refold, rolfed, roofed, unfold, unfond, upfold, wolfed, woofed.
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Alternative Orthography: FOD

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-. --- -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	På fri fod i Sovjet (1990)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fod	71
fod network	7
fod tv	4
damage fod incident object	2
boss fod	2
fod prevention	2
fod mustang	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

FOD

Specialty Definition: FOD

Computing

Crosswords: FOD

Abbreviations & Acronyms: FOD

FOD

Modern Usage: FOD

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: FOD

Books

Photo Album: FOD

Non-Fiction Usage: FOD

Political Rights

Equatorial Guinea

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FOD

fod

fod network

fod tv

damage fod incident object

boss fod

fod prevention

fod mustang

Derivations: FOD

Derivations