Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,901,136,361 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

spod
(redirected from spods)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
(chat)spod - (Great Britain) A lower form of life found on chat systems and MUDs. The spod has few friends in RL and uses chat instead, finding communication easier and preferable over the net. He has all the negative traits of the computer geek without having any interest in computers per se. Lacking any knowledge of, or interest in, how networks work, and considering his access a God-given right, he is a major irritant to sysadmins, clogging up lines in order to reach new MUDs, following passed-on instructions on how to sneak his way onto Internet ("Wow! It's in America!") and complaining when he is not allowed to use busy routes. A true spod will start any conversation with "Are you male or female?" (and follow it up with "Got any good numbers/IDs/passwords?") and will not talk to someone physically present in the same terminal room until they log onto the same computer that he is using and enter chat.

Compare newbie, tourist, weenie, twink, terminal junkie, dweeb.
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
Given that trip to a desert island I would far rather take Night Fever, Jive Talkin' or Massachusetts than the back catalogue and dreary whinings of a thousand indie guitar spods.
THEY STARTED A JOKE BUT. by The Mirror (London, England)
I think they must have a central casting place, somewhere, for all the quiz shows coming up, and a few spods get picked for Countdown or Eggheads or something, and then there's a big wave of stumblers left in the studio, pouring coffee into their ears and licking the tinsel: fodder, of course, for The Weakest Link I have watched the most revealing woes.
Quizzical ignorance by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
NO Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessels are allowed at the Ports of Karachi, Pakistan--the primary SPODs (Sea Port of Debarkation) for OEF.
From battlefield to board game: Jingle truck logistics of Operation ... by Murphy, Jason J.F.; Fan, V-Khye Gideon / Defense Transportation Journal
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.