spodn.
/spɒd/, U.S. /spɑd/ British slang (chiefly derogatory).
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.
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1978 B. Cryer et al. Kenny Everett Video Show 17 July(transcribed from TV programme) Hello: I’m Spod, from the planet Thrrrnn! And this is all I do! Pathetic, isn’t it?]
1989 Tatler 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.
1993 E. 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.
1997 Observer 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.
1999 Stage 30 Sept. 25/5 He is a comic book artist and sci-fi spod, she is a writer who does not write.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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