"zod" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zods [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒd Etymology: A phonetic contraction of the phrase "he's odd". Head templates: {{en-noun}} zod (plural zods)
  1. (US, slang, dated) A loser; a contemptible or uncool person. Wikipedia link: Green's Dictionary of Slang Tags: US, dated, slang Synonyms: worthless person Related terms: zob
    Sense id: en-zod-en-noun-eTESt7G0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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!\"]",
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          "ref": "1983, “Candidly Gannon”, in Lance, volume 32, Erie, P.A.: Gannon University, page 121",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1989, J.G. Maxon, Progeny, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, page 33",
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          "ref": "1991, Darcy Jahns, Duanne Jahns, How I Survived My Summer Vacation, Richmond Hill, O.N.: Scholastic Canada, page 41",
          "text": "Then she said, \"Like, what turnip truck did you just fall off of? I was talking about the designer, you zod.\"",
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          "ref": "2008, Laura Ross, The Valley Girl Turns 40, New York, N.Y., Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, page 110",
          "text": "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.",
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