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> I misread it to mean "Kate Bush is OD."  I was amused.
>               Eric France (Number 36434)        

_Chambers_(1983) gives:

_od_(1): n. Reichenbach's arbitrary name for a force
  supposed by him to manifest itself in light, magnetism,
  chemical action, hypnotism, etc.

_od_(2), _odd_, n. and interj. a minced form of _god_.

So, take your pick.

Julian