FOD

/fod/ [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 player" results in the

immediate and total death of player, usually as punishment

for obnoxious behaviour. 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.

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