According to chatter on Reddit, “foid” is the words “female” and “android” smashed together into one. Short for “femoid,” the term is used to imply that women are less than human.

Investigators said the women's clothing that he was wearing may have helped him conceal it, but they're still hammering out those details. The suspect spent his freshman year at Highland Park High ...

The number of FOID application denials based on clear and present danger reports has risen tenfold, from 249 in 2015 to 2,348 in 2021. That figure so far this year is 1,551 applications denied ...