FOD

FOD /fod/ v.  [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
   {MUD}s where the wizard command `FOD <player>' results in the
   immediate and total death of <player>, usually as punishment for
   obnoxious behavior.  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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