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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>FOD</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="FOAF.html" title="FOAF"/><link rel="next" href="fold-case.html" title="fold case"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">FOD</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FOAF.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fold-case.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="FOD"/><dt xmlns="" id="FOD"><b>FOD</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/fod/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Abbreviation for ‘Finger of Death’, originally a
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spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and
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with no regard for other people. From <a href="../M/MUD.html"><i class="glossterm">MUD</i></a>s where
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the wizard command ‘FOD <player>’ results in the
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immediate and total death of <player>, usually as punishment for
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obnoxious behavior. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as
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“<span class="quote">I'm going to fod the process that is burning all the
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cycles.</span>”</p><p>In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when
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a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of
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Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does to the
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