ghod

From god +‎ -h-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɑd

ghod (plural ghods)

1. (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, Cindy Heap, “"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 <[email protected]>:

     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.

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").

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “ghod”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.