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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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Fiedero Mobster

1. No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.

2. Never look at the wives of friends.

3. Never be seen with cops.

4. Don’t go to pubs and clubs.

5. Always be available for Cosa Nostra, even if your wife’s about to give birth.

6. Appointments must be respected.

7. Wives must be treated with respect.

8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.

9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.

10. People who can’t be part of Cosa Nostra are anyone with a close relative in the police, with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn’t hold to moral values.

Some of the rules are obvious, such as that absolute silence and secrecy – “omerta” – must be kept at all
man y"all drive so slow through the hood, y'all must be Fiedero Mobster
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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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Turd finder

A person who often states a negative aspect of any situation.
The critical TV announcer of the Olympic ice skaters is a turd finder.
by Language King February 21, 2018
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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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