ghod
English
Etymology
god + -h-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑd/
Noun
ghod (plural ghods)
- (dated, fandom slang, humorous) God.
- 1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman & Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 6:
- Fans usually spell it with a "h" when referring to fannish ghods.
- 1966 November, Heap, Cindy, “You Are Old, Father Tucker...”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 33:
- "As a youth," said the ghod as he shook his grey head, / "I feared it the BNF's grave; / But now that the neos all think that I'm dead, / I continue the fanac I crave."
- 2006 February 19, lilysincere, “The Science Fiction That Wasn't”, in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet, message-ID <1140421894.877343.245590@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
- I have not posted here before, but I have been in fandom before a long phase of gafia, and have read many books during my active times. I was a SMOF in the past, but not a super-Smof, and had my favorite authors. Harlan Ellison was like a ghod to me, and the lesser lights were those around me and some not what others may expect.
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Usage notes
This fanspeak word is used instead of the standard form to indicate a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom. Science fiction fandom included mock deities, or "fannish ghods", such as Ghu and Foo (the "ghod of mimeography").
References
- “ghod” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 79.