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Fodder

A person treated like a tool meant to die.
"Send the fodders to distract them while we carry our supplies across the river."
by Makamae10 May 9, 2009
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Fodder

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
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Foodamals

A mix of food and animal combinations created by Moriah Elizabeth.
I painted cute foodamals.
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Fanfic Fodder

1. n. A character, group of characters, scene, or plot that is liable to be featured in fanfiction, usually due to an abundance or overuse of moé or cliché traits possessed by the subject(s) in question.

2. n. As in 1, but with the subject(s) having already been featured in fanficton, esp. when the frequency of these features is high.

The term originates from "cannon fodder", a play on the tendency of moé and cliché characters, scenes, and plots to be used in large, unsparing quantities in fanfiction.
1. "That Becca girl is quiet, intelligent, nerdy, and adorable; she's total fanfic fodder."

2. "I must have seen over nine thousand fanfics about Vincent Valentine on just one site! He's fanfic fodder!"

"Yeah, but Vega is hotter fodder than Vincent could ever be."
by {{PseudoNymX}} December 29, 2008
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Banter Fodder

A person or group of people who are subject/about to be subject to a large amount of banter that borders on prejudice.
Dan: Hey I heard the guys are going to a lady gaga gig tomorrow

Ollie: Aha lets catch that banter fodder outside while it's fresh
by Hopsticks July 7, 2010
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corporate cannon fodder

This is similar to its' military definition except applied to the corporate world and its' culture. A low ranking employee without many skills. One who is considered expendable because he/she can easily be replaced.
Hourly workers in this company are just corporate cannon fodder. They just keep us around until we can be replaced by a computer program.
by Edword July 31, 2006
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bum fodder

"There's no bum fodder!"
"Well, you'll just have to improvise."
by Eldarion December 6, 2004
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