Fnord

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  fnord n. [from the "Illuminatus Trilogy"] 1. A word used in email and
     news postings to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humor, esp.
     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. A {metasyntactic variable}, commonly used by hackers with ties to


     {Discordianism} or the {Church of the SubGenius}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  fnord
       
          1.  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.  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)