pod person
/ˈpɒd ˌpəːsn/noun
A person considered to be conformist, unoriginal, or emotionless; one who lacks personality or individuality.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Washington Post. From pod + person, with allusion to the ‘seed pods’ in Jack Finney's novel The Body Snatchers, or any of several film adaptations based on this, in which the pods replicate and replace the population of a town.
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