zod

English

Etymology

A phonetic contraction of the phrase "he's odd".

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

zod (plural zods)

1. (US, slang, dated) A loser; a contemptible or uncool person. [1980s]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless person

   • [1982, Mary Corey, Victoria Westermark, “zod”, in Fer Shur! How to Be a Valley Girl-Totally!, Toronto, O.N. […]: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 38:

     Zod: n. something really weird or totally monstrous; worse than a nerd, a yuck out. "Like I just got my hair streaked, OK, and like Brian throws me in the pool, and like the chlorine turns my hair like totally green, I mean I look like such a zod!"]

   • 1983, “Candidly Gannon”, in Lance, volume 32, Erie, P.A.: Gannon University, page 121:

     Like, you know, this guy at the dance was like soooo foxy mondo!! Like totally awesome. He could have been like a model for like GQ, for sure! He was premo[,] definitely not a zod.

   • 1989, J.G. Maxon, Progeny, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 33:

     Besides, I wouldn't have to wear those nerdy elastic bands to keep on my glasses. They're for dweebs and zods.

   • 1991, Darcy Jahns, Duanne Jahns, How I Survived My Summer Vacation, Richmond Hill, O.N.: Scholastic Canada, →ISBN, page 41:

     Then she said, "Like, what turnip truck did you just fall off of? I was talking about the designer, you zod."

   • 2008, Laura Ross, The Valley Girl Turns 40, New York, N.Y., Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 110:

     Before you know it, they're off to junior high. At this point, you start to kind of remember things from the times when you were there, especially the mean girl stuff. Totally bogus and totally never changed. See, there are always going to be totally lame zods, and then those zods have children.

See also

• zob

 

Further reading

• Tony Thorne (2014) “zod n American”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury, page 491: “a dullard, fool, nonentity. A 1980s teenage term of unknown provenance.”