Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fod

/fɑd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: fod
IPA: /fɑd/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of foreign object debris.

Uncountable

phrase

Initialism of fuck off and die.

Slang

noun

forehead, particularly a large one

Slang

noun

A fan of the character Don Schanke from the Canadian television series Forever Knight.

Slang

Example Sentences

"First, I am an FoD ( That is, a Friend of Don Schanke), so naturally I have a preference for the Schanke-Nick partnership."
"For all you FoDs and Cohenheads that may be on this NG [newsgroup], they're in this!"
"With a name like Alma, shouldn't you be either a Ravenette or an FoD?"

Etymology

From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɑd/
British English: /fɒd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fods (plural)

Synonyms

forehead brow

Homonyms

food

Rhymes With

god house of god squad odd rod todd mod cod nod pod quad porcelain god

Questions

How do you pronounce fod?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɑd/.
What does fod mean?: Initialism of foreign object debris.
Where does fod come from?: From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".

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