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FOD
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/fod/ , v. [Abbreviation for Finger of Death , originally a spell-name from
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fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for
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other people. From MUDs where the wizard command FOD player results in the
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immediate and total death of player , usually as punishment for obnoxious
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behavior. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as I'm going to
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fod the process that is burning all the cycles. In aviation, FOD means
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Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when a jet engine sucks up a rock
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on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt
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description of what this generally does to the engine.
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