Meanings
plural zods
- USdatedslangA loser; a contemptible or uncool person.First known use 1980s
Then she said, "Like, what turnip truck did you just fall off of? I was talking about the designer, you zod."
1991, Darcy Jahns, Duanne Jahns, How I Survived My Summer Vacation, Richmond Hill, O.N.: Scholastic Canada, →ISBN, page 414 more examples
Zod: n. something really weird or totally monstrous; worse than a nerd, a yuck out. "Like I just got my hair streaked, OK, and like Brian throws me in the pool, and like the chlorine turns my hair like totally green, I mean I look like such a zod!"
[1982, Mary Corey, Victoria Westermark, “zod”, in Fer Shur! How to Be a Valley Girl-Totally!, Toronto, O.N. […]: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 38Like, you know, this guy at the dance was like soooo foxy mondo!! Like totally awesome. He could have been like a model for like GQ, for sure! He was premo[,] definitely not a zod.
1983, “Candidly Gannon”, in Lance, volume 32, Erie, P.A.: Gannon University, page 121Besides, I wouldn't have to wear those nerdy elastic bands to keep on my glasses. They're for dweebs and zods.
1989, J.G. Maxon, Progeny, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 33Before you know it, they're off to junior high. At this point, you start to kind of remember things from the times when you were there, especially the mean girl stuff. Totally bogus and totally never changed. See, there are always going to be totally lame zods, and then those zods have children.
2008, Laura Ross, The Valley Girl Turns 40, New York, N.Y.; Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 110Synonyms: absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA loser; a contemptible or uncool person.
Origin
A phonetic contraction of the phrase "he's odd".
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zod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zod
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