/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 href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=MUD">MUDs where the wizard command "FOD " results in the immediate and total death of , 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 href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=gun">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. [href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File]
