pod person
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9.9
- noun
- /pɑd ˈpɜrsən/
- Offensive
:
[ofensivo] zombi
- The film portrays the invasion as turning ordinary citizens into pod people who feel no emotions.
- mindless pod people
Examples
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It's like they've all turned into fucking pod people or something.
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Maybe he's a pod person.
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They were called "pod people."
Blog text (29) -
Many people worry that social media is creating a generation of pod people who lack real emotional connections.
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In a world filled with technology, it's easy to become a pod person and forget how to connect with others.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pod + person
Although 'person' is transparent, the sense of 'pod' required here is a culturally specific, metaphorical reference (e.g., sci‑fi clones/seed‑pods) that a B1 learner who only knows the basic meaning of 'pod' or 'person' is unlikely to infer. The overall meaning — an individual lacking normal individuality or emotion — relies on world knowledge and idiomatic/cultural usage rather than straightforward composition of the constituents.
Etymology
The term pod person comes from a 1950s movie where aliens grew copies of people inside plant-like pods. Because the copies showed no real feeling and all acted the same, pod person came to mean someone who seems 'without feeling' or who has no real individuality.