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.”

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَاد (ḍād).

Noun

zod (plural zodlar)

1. the Arabic letter ض

Declension

Declension of zod

	singular	plural
nominative	zod	zodlar
genitive	zodning	zodlarning
dative	zodga	zodlarga
definite accusative	zodni	zodlarni
locative	zodda	zodlarda
ablative	zoddan	zodlardan
similative	zoddek	zodlardek

Possessive forms of zod

my	singular	plural
nominative	zodim	zodlarim
genitive	zodimning	zodlarimning
dative	zodimga	zodlarimga
definite accusative	zodimni	zodlarimni
locative	zodimda	zodlarimda
ablative	zodimdan	zodlarimdan
similative	zodimdek	zodlarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	zoding	zodlaring
genitive	zodingning	zodlaringning
dative	zodingga	zodlaringga
definite accusative	zodingni	zodlaringni
locative	zodingda	zodlaringda
ablative	zodingdan	zodlaringdan
similative	zodingdek	zodlaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	zodi	zodlari
genitive	zodining	zodlarining
dative	zodiga	zodlariga
definite accusative	zodini	zodlarini
locative	zodida	zodlarida
ablative	zodidan	zodlaridan
similative	zodidek	zodlaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	zodimiz	zodlarimiz
genitive	zodimizning	zodlarimizning
dative	zodimizga	zodlarimizga
definite accusative	zodimizni	zodlarimizni
locative	zodimizda	zodlarimizda
ablative	zodimizdan	zodlarimizdan
similative	zodimizdek	zodlarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	zodingiz	zodlaringiz
genitive	zodingizning	zodlaringizning
dative	zodingizga	zodlaringizga
definite accusative	zodingizni	zodlaringizni
locative	zodingizda	zodlaringizda
ablative	zodingizdan	zodlaringizdan
similative	zodingizdek	zodlaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	zodi	zodlari
genitive	zodining	zodlarining
dative	zodiga	zodlariga
definite accusative	zodini	zodlarini
locative	zodida	zodlarida
ablative	zodidan	zodlaridan	similative	zodidek	zodlaridek