Fnord

[Xianti]

It's been driving me nuts, so I finally looked up what "fnord" means and here's what I found:

1. (convention) fnord - 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) fnord - A metasyntactic variable, commonly used by hackers with ties to Discordianism or the Church of the SubGenius.


I still have no clue what it means.

[EddieBoy]

my eyes just crossed reading that.... 8)

[evilevilmatt]

All I know is it has something to do with the illuminati.

and here is a link to the fnorder of steve jackson illuminati card game site.

http://www.sjgames.com/misc/fnord.html

enjoy

[evilevilmatt]

Heres a better description, (kinda)
At least its amusing.
http://www.fnord.org/occult/discordi.../what.is.fnord

It's been driving me nuts, so I finally looked up what "fnord" means and here's what I found:

1. (convention) fnord - 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) fnord - A metasyntactic variable, commonly used by hackers with ties to Discordianism or the Church of the SubGenius.


I still have no clue what it means.

In English, please?

[™]

1. fnord
Fnord is a metasyntactic variable. Strictly, a variable used in metasyntax, but
often used for any name used in examples and understood to
stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random
member of a class of things under discussion.

2. fnord
A fnord is a propaganda word conditioned in the masses from a very young age to respond to, usually with fear, anxiety, or uneasiness, but unable to be seen by the general populace. (This definition originates in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.) Sometimes it's used in a sentence to denote a general conspiracy (often jokingly), or sometimes it's used for no reason, especially by Discordians fnord.

3. fnord
A word placed randomly in sentences, purported to instill fear or uneasiness in the reader. Its use generally references a conspiracy or parody thereof.

Popularised by the Illuminatus! trilogy by Roberts Shea and Winston.

[boost]

Fnord is the reason latent homosexuals stay latent.

lol, this site is funny. However, my head is spinning. But I think I get it, pretty cool stuff.. I wish my name was that deep.