pod personn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒd ˌpəːsn/, U.S.

/ˈpɑd ˌpərs(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pod n.¹, person n.

Etymology: < pod n.¹ + person n., with allusion to the ‘seed pods’ in Jack Finney's novel The Body Snatchers (1955), or any of several film adaptations based on this, in which the pods replicate and replace the population of a town. Compare pod people n.

A person considered to be conformist, unoriginal, or emotionless; one who lacks personality or individuality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > one who

conformitan1604

conformer1610

conformist1651

compliant1655

complier1660

normalist1878

pod person1978

1978 Washington Post 2 Apr. k1 No caricature of this ideal being is possible..; it's the home-grown pod-person of the S-F classic ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’.

1992 D. Coupland Shampoo Planet xii. 61 He's become a pod person: functioning but without a soul.

2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 167/2 The Elvis who re-enters show business..is a shaky pod-person, a tan eunuch sentenced..to star in a series of innocuous movies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pod person
释义	pod personn. Brit. /ˈpɒd ˌpəːsn/, U.S. /ˈpɑd ˌpərs(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pod n.¹, person n. Etymology: < pod n.¹ + person n., with allusion to the ‘seed pods’ in Jack Finney's novel The Body Snatchers (1955), or any of several film adaptations based on this, in which the pods replicate and replace the population of a town. Compare pod people n. A person considered to be conformist, unoriginal, or emotionless; one who lacks personality or individuality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > one who conformitan1604 conformer1610 conformist1651 compliant1655 complier1660 normalist1878 pod person1978 1978 Washington Post 2 Apr. k1 No caricature of this ideal being is possible..; it's the home-grown pod-person of the S-F classic ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’. 1992 D. Coupland Shampoo Planet xii. 61 He's become a pod person: functioning but without a soul. 2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 167/2 The Elvis who re-enters show business..is a shaky pod-person, a tan eunuch sentenced..to star in a series of innocuous movies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1978
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