What (who) is Fnord - definition
THE TYPOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF DISINFORMATION OR IRRELEVANT INFORMATION INTENDING TO MISDIRECT, WITH THE IMPLICATION OF A WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY
FNORD; Fnords
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Fnord
A sound. Meaningless. A response to any statment when none is required or normaly able to be made.
Bob! I just ate a baby Fnord?
Bob! I just ate a baby Fnord?
fnord
1. <convention> A word used in electronic mail and news
messages to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humour,
especially in connection with Discordianism and elaborate
conspiracy theories. "I heard that David Koresh is sharing an
apartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)" "Where can I
fnord get the Principia Discordia from?"
2. <programming> A metasyntactic variable, commonly used by
hackers with ties to Discordianism or the {Church of the
SubGenius}.
The word "fnord" was invented in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy by
Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
[Jargon File ]
(1995-02-28)
Fnord
"Fnord" () is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia. It entered the popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus!
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Fnord
"Fnord" () is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia. It entered into popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. Here, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened, and children in grade school are taught to be unable to see the word consciously. For the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconsciously generates a feeling of unease and confusion which prevents rational consideration of the text in which it appears.
