spod (plural spods)
(Internet) One who uses talkers, an early form of chat room.
(colloquial) One who studies excessively and is disliked by fellow students because of it; a swot.
(colloquial) One who wastes time on nonproductive activities online.
(military) Sea Port of Debarkation.
(angling) A container used to distribute a large amount of bait in a single cast.
• (angling) bait rocket
spod (third-person singular simple present spods, present participle spodding, simple past and past participle spodded)
(angling) To fish using a spod.
• DPOs, PDOs, PODs, dops, pods
SPOD (plural SPODs)
(US, military) seaport of disembarkation
• DPOs, PDOs, PODs, dops, pods
Source: Wiktionary
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
