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spod, n. Brit. slang (chiefly derogatory).
Brit. |spɒd|, U.S. |spɑd|
[Origin unknown.]
A dull or socially inept person, esp. one who is excessively studious; a person who pursues an unfashionable, technical, or esoteric interest with obsessive dedication.
1989Tatler Sept. 128/2 Like all closed societies Eton has developed its own language... If you are a ‘goggy’, ‘zoid’, ‘spod’, ‘gunk’, or ‘Wendy’, you are..a social misfit. 1993E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 391 A true spod..will not talk to someone physically present in the same terminal room until they log onto the same machine that he is using and enter talk mode. 1997Observer 11 May (Sport section) 12/7 Far from being an enclave for spods no one likes, the competition hall is encircled by a ring of well-adjusted confidence. 1999Stage 30 Sept. 25/5 He is a comic book artist and sci-fi spod, she is a writer who does not write. |