[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."
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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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {MUD}{toad}]