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the raw material that exists only to be consumed, conquered, or fed into something hungrier.
latin rootFrom 'foddre,' Old English for animal feed.
cannon fodderSoldiers treated as expendable, coined around 1891.
silage trickFermented fodder feeds livestock through barren winters.
modern slangMeans anyone or anything easily exploited for gain.
tabloid fuelScandal becomes fodder the moment it sells papers.