Definition of "ghod"

Fans usually spell it with a "h" when referring to fannish ghods.

1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman, Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 6

"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."

1966 November, Cindy Heap, “"You Are Old, Father Tucker..."”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎, number 4, page 33

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.

2006 February 19, lilysincere, “The Science Fiction That Wasn't”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>