1 definition by Hank Hankerson
Literal meaning is livestock feed consisting of large and whole pieces of plants such as but not exclusively hay and corn. In popular culture it has taken the meaning of being an easy target, easy prey or just expendable mostly in reference to military actions. "Enemy fodder" is easily beaten (or eaten) by troops or military hardware.
"The contempt for the lives of men and for France herself has come to the point of calling the conscripts 'the raw material' and 'the cannon fodder" - Napoleon Bonaparte
by Hank Hankerson October 17, 2014