FoD

See also: fod, FOD, fód, fòd, föd, főd, and fød

English

Etymology

Initialism of friend of Don. The homophony with food is a reference to the character being often depicted eating or talking about food.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fōōd, IPA(key): /fuːd/[1] (prescribed)
    • Rhymes: -uːd
    • Homophone: food
  • IPA(key): /ɛf əʊ diː/

Noun

FoD (plural FoDs)

  1. (fandom slang) A fan of the character Don Schanke from the Canadian television series Forever Knight.
    Hypernyms: Forever Knightie, Knightie
    • 1997 February 8, moemcal@aol.com, “Who is better, Schanke or Tracy”, in alt.tv.forever-knight‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:
      First, I am an FoD ( That is, a Friend of Don Schanke), so naturally I have a preference for the Schanke-Nick partnership.
    • 1999 June 13, Goddenport, “New Skit: LACROIX'S EXPERIMENT”, in alt.tv.forever-knight‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:
      For all you FoDs and Cohenheads that may be on this NG [newsgroup], they're in this!
    • 2000 November 16, Janet Dornhoff, DVM, “Dawn/Dr. Who/spoiler”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:
      With a name like Alma, shouldn't you be either a Ravenette or an FoD?

References

  1. ^ Teigr Llew (12 May 1996), “The FK NG Has a FAQ . . . E-I-E-I-O”, in ‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 January 2026: “There's 'FoDS'[sic] (friends of Don Schanke, pronounce 'foods').”
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