pod person en · NOUN
Etymology
From the science fiction novel The Body Snatchers (1955) and subsequent film adaptations, in which aliens use mysterious pods to grow replicas of humans that are perfect in every way except for their lack of personality.
Meanings
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(derogatory) A conformist person, especially one who lacks personality or originality.
Both avenues are shit. You can stay in New York and climb, climb, climb and never get where you need to go and give yourself a nervous breakdown, or you can move to the suburbs and be like, Who the fuck are these pod people? Neither seems great.
2023 February 6, Caitlin Moscatello, “The Fleishman Effect”, in New York:"I'm not stalking you," she said, with all the sincerity of a pod person in The Body Snatchers.
2003, Bett Williams, The Wrestling Party:“Not my fault! The trash can move.” “Don't sweat it, Chaka.” “Uh, You okay? You're not yelling at me for for hanging out here? You're not even gonna tell me I piss off the neighbors?” “Nah, do what you want. Hang out. Piss on the neighbors if you want. I really don't care. I now know what it feels like to be on the other side of trouble. Oh yeah.” “Was that my pain-in-the-ass older brother or some kind of pod person?”
1999 September 7, Erica Rothschild, “Graffiti” (1:58 from the start), in Downtown, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Chaka Henson (Leyora Zuberman), archived from the original on 06 May 2026:If I hadn't known better, I would have sworn that aliens had stolen the real Jessica and replaced her with some pod person.
1996, Constance Hiser, Sixth Grade Star:“All right, how 'bout we play a little Lordi?” “It's pronounced "Lord."” “I know that, I meant Lordi, the Norwegian death metal band.” “Lordi is Finnish, not Norwegian.” “See, there she is, there's my niece! Yes, I was so afraid my yuppie brother had turned you into a pod person.”
2017 April 4, Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch, “Cinethrax” (3:31 from the start), in Dimension 404, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Uncle Dusty (Patton Oswalt):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod people | Number=Plur | lexicographic |