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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
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.
[{Jargon File]
(1998-01-18)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
spod n. [UK] 1. A lower form of life found on talker systems and
MUDs. The spod has few friends in RL and uses talkers 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 machine that he
is using and enter talk mode. Compare newbie, tourist, weenie,
twink, terminal junkie, warez d00dz. 2. A backronym for "Sole
Purpose, Obtain a Degree"; according to some self-described spods, this
term is used by indifferent students to condemn their harder-working
fellows. Compare the defiant adoption of the term geek in the
mid-1990s by people who would previously have been stigmatized by it. 3.
[Glasgow University] An otherwise competent hacker who spends way too
much time on talker systems. 4. [obs.] An ordinary person; a random.
This is the meaning with which the term was coined, but the inventor
informs us he has himself accepted sense 1.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spod
Polish prep.
1 from under
2 from the neighborhood
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
SPOD
n.
(lb en US military) (acronym of en seaport of
debarkation/disembarkation)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
spod
n.
1 (lb en Internet) One who uses talkers, an early form of chat room.
2 (lb en colloquial) One who studies excessively and is disliked by
fellow students because of it; a swot.
3 (lb en colloquial) One who wastes time on nonproductive activities
online.
4 (lb en angling) A container used to distribute a large amount of
bait in a single cast.
vb.
(lb en angling) To fish using a spod.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
SPOD
n.
(lb en US military) (acronym of en seaport of
debarkation/disembarkation)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
spod
Polish prep.
1 from under
2 from the neighborhood
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
SPOD
n.
(lb en US military) (acronym of en seaport of
debarkation/disembarkation)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
spod
Polish prep.
1 from under
2 from the neighborhood
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
SPOD
n.
(lb en US military) (acronym of en seaport of
debarkation/disembarkation)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spod
Puola adv.
alta (+ genetiivi)
From język polski-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-bul ]
spod /spɔt/
изпод
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
From język polski-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-deu ]
spod /spɔt/
1. unter hervor, von
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
2. aus die Gegend von
z miejsca w pobliżu np. miasta
From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-eng ]
spod /spɔt/
from under
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
From język polski-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-nor ]
spod /spɔt/
fra
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
From język polski-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-rus ]
spod /spɔt/
из-под
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
From język polski-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:pol-tur ]
spod /spɔt/
altından
z miejsca poniżej czegoś
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