fod

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UK/fɒd/US/fɑd/literary/fuːd//ɛf əʊ diː/

noun

forehead, particularly a large one

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

fod1

nounfod (plural fods)

plural fods

  1. Northern Englanddialectalslangforehead, particularly a large one

    Synonyms: forehead, brow

FOD2

nounFOD (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableparticularly on an aircraft carrier's deckgovernmentInitialism of foreign object debris.
phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismslangInitialism of fuck off and die.

FoD3

nounFoD (plural FoDs)

plural FoDs

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

    With a name like Alma, shouldn't you be either a Ravenette or an FoD?

    2000 November 16, Janet Dornhoff, DVM, “Dawn/Dr. Who/spoiler”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026
    2 more examples

    First, I am an FoD ( That is, a Friend of Don Schanke), so naturally I have a preference for the Schanke-Nick partnership.

    1997 February 8, moemcal@aol.com, “Who is better, Schanke or Tracy”, in alt.tv.forever-knight (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026

    For all you FoDs and Cohenheads that may be on this NG [newsgroup], they're in this!

    1999 June 13, Goddenport, “New Skit: LACROIX'S EXPERIMENT”, in alt.tv.forever-knight (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

nounforehead, particularly a large one

Origin

fod · noun

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

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FoD · noun

Initialism of friend of Don. The homophony with food is a reference to the character being often depicted eating or talking about food.

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APA

fod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fod

MLA

“fod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fod. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fod.

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