According to the Jargon Dictionary, the definition of FOD means two things:
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 MUDs 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 actually a good description of what this generally does to the engine.
There are many other uses of the acronym FOD:
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Fax on demand
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Field of dreams
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Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorder
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Friends of Dorothy Travel
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Frank O’Dwyer’s Security Sources
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Finger of Death
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Finishing on Demand
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Forest of Dean Diet
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Fighters of the Death
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Fog of Deception
So…when searching the Internet, use the words, “Foreign Object Damage” so you don’t waste time getting unwanted information about the “Finger of Death” and other non-foreign object damage websites.
